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Ordinary Boys by Morrissey
Intro:  G   F(x2)
GOrdinary Dboys, Bbhappy knowing CnothingG  
Happy being Dno-one but themBbselvesC  
GOrdinary Dgirls, Bbsupermarket Cclothes
Who Gthink it's very Dclever to be cruel to BbyouC  
EmFor you were so dDifferent
EmYou stood all aDlone
And you Fknew
That it Chad to be soD  
Avoiding Gordinary Dboys
BbHappy going noCwhere, just Garound here
In their Drattling carsBb  C  
GOrdinary Dgirls
BbNever seeing fCurther
Than the cGold, small Dstreets
That trap themBb  C  
But Emyou were so diffDerent
You Emhad to say noD  
When those eFmpty fools
Tried to Cchange you, and Dclaim you
For the lGair of their oDrdinary worldBb  
Where they Cfeel so Glucky
So Dlucky, so BbluckyC  
With their Glives laid out beDfore them
They are Bblucky
So Clucky, so Glucky
So Dlucky, so ...Bb  C  
Outro:
Em D
Em D
F C D
G
Bb C Em

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Ordinary Boys

by Morrissey

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Ordinary Boys by Morrissey

G F

Intro: (x2)

G D Bb C G

Ordinary boys, happy knowing nothing

D Bb C

Happy being no-one but themselves

G D Bb C

Ordinary girls, supermarket clothes

G D Bb C

Who think it's very clever to be cruel to you

Em D

For you were so different

Em D

You stood all alone

And you knew

C D

That it had to be so

G D

Avoiding ordinary boys

Bb C G

Happy going nowhere, just around here

D Bb C

In their rattling cars

G D

Ordinary girls

Bb C

Never seeing further

G D

Than the cold, small streets

Bb C

That trap them

Em D

But you were so different

Em D

You had to say no

When those empty fools

C D

Tried to change you, and claim you

G D Bb

For the lair of their ordinary world

C G

Where they feel so lucky

D Bb C

So lucky, so lucky

G D

With their lives laid out before them

They are lucky

C G

So lucky, so lucky

D Bb C

So lucky, so ...

Outro:

Em D

F C D

Bb C Em

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