{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1834238,"song":"Ordinary Man","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1834238-ordinary-man-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1834238?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":19,"content":"Gordon Lightfoot - Ordinary Man\r\n\r\n\r\n## NOTE 1: ~ ~ ~ = Bass Walk-Up from [ch]G[/ch] to [ch]C[/ch]             ##\r\n## NOTE 2: ~ ~   = Bass Walk-Up from [ch]G[/ch] to [ch]Am[/ch] or [ch]E7[/ch] to [ch]C[/ch] ##\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 1st Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO:] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  ~ ~ ~ [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTry to understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm not your ordinary man, still I can't deny[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nYou go with me everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]D7/F#[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I'm dreaming you still share my lonely nights[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTry to see my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's not your ordinary pride that keeps driving me on[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7/F#[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's that lonesome, restless feeling that you feel under the gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        ~ ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it leads me to the highway, but it keeps my body warm[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd as I wander to the cities and the towns[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI get so lonesome knowing you could be around[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd when the show is over, there's a Holiday Motel[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]E7[/ch]  ~ ~ [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnother empty bottle and another tale to tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTry to comprehend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm not your ordinary friend at the end of my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nI would pray that I could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]D7/F#[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nReturning to the shelter of your love__[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTry to see my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's not your ordinary pride that keeps driving me on[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7/F#[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's that lonesome, restless feeling that you feel under the gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       ~ ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it leads me to the highway, but it keeps my body warm[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd as I wander to the cities and the towns[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI get so lonesome knowing you could be around[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd when the show is over, there's a Holiday Motel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]E7[/ch]  ~ ~ [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd another empty bottle and another tale to tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5:]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTry to understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm not your ordinary man, still I can't deny[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7/F#[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou go with me everywhere, like a shadow in the gloom[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI remember all the good times, there's a ghost in every room[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[OUTRO:]   (## repeat and fade to end ##)\r\n         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Gordon Lightfoot - Ordinary Man\n\n\n## NOTE 1: ~ ~ ~ = Bass Walk-Up from G to C             ##\n## NOTE 2: ~ ~   = Bass Walk-Up from G to Am or E7 to C ##\n\n\nCAPO: 1st Fret\n\n\n\n[INTRO:] C  G  Am    G  ~ ~ ~ C\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO:]   (## repeat and fade to end ##)\n         G  C  G","chords":["G","C","Am","E7","D","F","D7/F#","D7","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}