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Ordinary People

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[Verse 1]
Bbmaj7Girl, I'm in love with you
Ebmaj7This ain't the honeymoon
Ebmaj7Past the infatuation Fmaj7phase
Bbmaj7Right in the thick of love
Ebmaj7At times we get sick of love
Ebmaj7It seems like we argue every dFmaj7ay
I know Bbmaj7I misbehave and you made Ebmaj7your mistakes and we both still got room left to Fmaj7grow
And though Bbmaj7love sometimes hurts, I stiEbmaj7ll put you first and we'll make this thing work
but I Fmaj7think we should take it slow
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7We're just ordinary pEbmaj7eople
Ebmaj7We don't know which waFmaj7y to go
Bbmaj7'Cause we're ordinary Ebmaj7people
Ebmaj7Maybe we should take iFmaj7t slow
Take Bbmaj7it slow-oh oh-Ebmaj7oh-oh
Ebmaj7This time we'll take iFmaj7t slow
Take Bbmaj7it slow-oh oh-Ebmaj7oh-oh
Ebmaj7This time we'll take iFmaj7t slow
[Verse 2]
Bbmaj7This ain't a movie, no
Ebmaj7No fairy tale conclusion, ya'll
Ebmaj7It gets more confusing every Fmaj7day
Bbmaj7Sometimes it's heaven sent
Then wEbmaj7e head back to hell again
Ebmaj7We kiss, then we make up all the Fmaj7way
Bbmaj7I hang up, you call
Ebmaj7We rise and we fall
Ebmaj7And we feel like just walking aFmaj7way
Bbmaj7As our love advances
Ebmaj7We take second chances
Ebmaj7Though it's not a fanFmaj7tasy
Ebmaj7I still want you to sFmaj7tay...
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7We're just ordinary pEbmaj7eople
Ebmaj7We don't know which waFmaj7y to go
Bbmaj7'Cause we're ordinary Ebmaj7people
Ebmaj7Maybe we should take iFmaj7t slow
Take Bbmaj7it slow-oh oh-Ebmaj7oh-oh
Ebmaj7This time we'll take iFmaj7t slow
Take Bbmaj7it slow-oh oh-Ebmaj7oh-oh
Ebmaj7This time we'll take iFmaj7t slow
[Bridge]
BbmMaybe we'll live and learnDb/Eb, maybe we'll crash and burn
Fmaj7Maybe you'll stay, maybe you'll leave, maybe you'll return
BbmMaybe another fight, Db/Ebmaybe we won't survive
Fmaj7Maybe we'll grow, we never know, baby you and I
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7We're just ordinary pEbmaj7eople
Ebmaj7We don't know which waFmaj7y to go
Bbmaj7'Cause we're ordinary Ebmaj7people
Ebmaj7Maybe we should take iFmaj7t slow
Bbmaj7We're just ordinary pEbmaj7eople
Ebmaj7We don't know which waFmaj7y to go
Bbmaj7'Cause we're ordinary Ebmaj7people
Ebmaj7Maybe we should take iFmaj7t slow
Take Bbmaj7it slow-oh oh-Ebmaj7oh-oh
Ebmaj7This time we'll take iFmaj7t slow
Take Bbmaj7it slow-oh oh-Ebmaj7oh-oh
Ebmaj7This time we'll take iFmaj7t slow

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Ordinary People

by John Legend

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bbmaj7

Ebmaj7

Fmaj7

Bbm

Db/Eb

[Verse 1]

Bbmaj7

Girl, I'm in love with you

Ebmaj7

This ain't the honeymoon

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

Past the infatuation phase

Bbmaj7

Right in the thick of love

Ebmaj7

At times we get sick of love

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

It seems like we argue every day

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

I know I misbehave and you made your mistakes and we both still got room left to grow

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

And though love sometimes hurts, I still put you first and we'll make this thing work

Fmaj7

but I think we should take it slow

[Chorus]

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

We're just ordinary people

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

We don't know which way to go

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

'Cause we're ordinary people

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

Maybe we should take it slow

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Take it slow-oh oh-oh-oh

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

This time we'll take it slow

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Take it slow-oh oh-oh-oh

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

This time we'll take it slow

[Verse 2]

Bbmaj7

This ain't a movie, no

Ebmaj7

No fairy tale conclusion, ya'll

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

It gets more confusing every day

Bbmaj7

Sometimes it's heaven sent

Ebmaj7

Then we head back to hell again

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

We kiss, then we make up all the way

Bbmaj7

I hang up, you call

Ebmaj7

We rise and we fall

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

And we feel like just walking away

Bbmaj7

As our love advances

Ebmaj7

We take second chances

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

Though it's not a fantasy

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

I still want you to stay...

[Chorus]

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

We're just ordinary people

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

We don't know which way to go

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

'Cause we're ordinary people

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

Maybe we should take it slow

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Take it slow-oh oh-oh-oh

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

This time we'll take it slow

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Take it slow-oh oh-oh-oh

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

This time we'll take it slow

[Bridge]

Bbm Db/Eb

Maybe we'll live and learn, maybe we'll crash and burn

Fmaj7

Maybe you'll stay, maybe you'll leave, maybe you'll return

Bbm Db/Eb

Maybe another fight, maybe we won't survive

Fmaj7

Maybe we'll grow, we never know, baby you and I

[Chorus]

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

We're just ordinary people

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

We don't know which way to go

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

'Cause we're ordinary people

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

Maybe we should take it slow

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

We're just ordinary people

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

We don't know which way to go

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

'Cause we're ordinary people

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

Maybe we should take it slow

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Take it slow-oh oh-oh-oh

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

This time we'll take it slow

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7

Take it slow-oh oh-oh-oh

Ebmaj7 Fmaj7

This time we'll take it slow

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