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An Ordinary Life

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Capo: first fret
Intro:
 F   Cx2
FWhat makes you different from Canyone in here?
FWhat makes you stand out from the Ccrowd?
FWhat makes your mother so Cproud of you?
FWhat makes us worship at your Cground?Em  
FAt night when you Cgo to bed
Do these Emthoughts run through your Amhead?
FWhen you're lying there Call alone
Do you Emthink of us insAmtead?F  
  CI don't know Emwhere I'll be in Amten years time
I Fwant to be free
I don't Ccare about the cameras
I don't Emcare about the lights
All I Amwanted was an ordinary Flife
FWhat makes you happy?
What Cmakes you sad?
FDo paparazzi drive you Cmad?
FDo you miss your Clife back home?
Were they the Embest days that you Amhad?F  
CI don't know Emwhere I'll be in Amten years time
I Fwant to be free
I don't Ccare about the cameras
I don't Emcare about the lights
All I Amwanted was an ordinary Flife
CI don't know Emwhere I'll be in Amten years time
Where will the Fmusic take me?
I don't Ccare about the spotlight
I don't Emcare about the nights
All I Amwanted was an ordinary Flife
CI don't know Emwhere I'll be in Amten years time
Where will the Fmusic take me?
I don't Ccare about the spotlight
Or the EmHollywood nights
All I Amwanted was an ordinary Fmaj7life
Outro.  Fmaj7to C  

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An Ordinary Life

by Amy Macdonald

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Fmaj7

Capo: first fret

Intro:

F C

What makes you different from anyone in here?

F C

What makes you stand out from the crowd?

F C

What makes your mother so proud of you?

F C Em

What makes us worship at your ground?

F C

At night when you go to bed

Em Am

Do these thoughts run through your head?

F C

When you're lying there all alone

Em Am F

Do you think of us instead?

C Em Am

I don't know where I'll be in ten years time

I want to be free

I don't care about the cameras

I don't care about the lights

Am F

All I wanted was an ordinary life

What makes you happy?

What makes you sad?

F C

Do paparazzi drive you mad?

F C

Do you miss your life back home?

Em Am F

Were they the best days that you had?

C Em Am

I don't know where I'll be in ten years time

I want to be free

I don't care about the cameras

I don't care about the lights

Am F

All I wanted was an ordinary life

C Em Am

I don't know where I'll be in ten years time

Where will the music take me?

I don't care about the spotlight

I don't care about the nights

Am F

All I wanted was an ordinary life

C Em Am

I don't know where I'll be in ten years time

Where will the music take me?

I don't care about the spotlight

Or the Hollywood nights

Am Fmaj7

All I wanted was an ordinary life

Fmaj7 C

Outro. to

About An Ordinary Life Chords by Amy Macdonald

Learn how to play An Ordinary Life by Amy Macdonald with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “An Ordinary Life chords”, “An Ordinary Life guitar chords”, or “Amy Macdonald An Ordinary Life chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy An Ordinary Life chords and for experienced players who want accurate An Ordinary Life lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include F, C, Em, Am, Fmaj7.

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The chords for "An Ordinary Life" show the original chord names (including F, C, Em, Am, Fmaj7). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.