Ordinary People Chords by Steve Harley
[Intro]
D F#m Am G
[Verse 1]
D F#m
People, we're ordinary people
Am
We're taken for granted
G
No one hears what we say
D F#m
Just people, ordinary people
Am
Stand up and be counted
G
In every way
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Bm A
If we have a little faith
E G
Believe, there's a future
D F#m
For us people, we ordinary people
Am
It's time to remember
G
We all need some respect
[Chorus]
D A
Have we forgotten who we are?
Em
And what we're doing here?
Em G
You know a change is gonna come
G D
If we persevere
D A
We need strength in our hearts
Em
We need wisdom and light
Em
So if it's ever gonna work
G A D
Let it be tonight
[Verse 2]
D F#m
We're people, ordinary people
Am
And it's hard to imagine
G
How we've fallen so far
D F#m
Just people, ordinary people
Am
And if we stand together
G
We won't fall at all
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Bm A
So it's up to us
E G
Be there for one another
D F#m
That's why people, ordinary people
Am
It's time to remember
G
We all need some respect
[Chorus]
D A
Have we forgotten who we are?
Em
And what we're doing here?
Em G
You know a change is gonna come
G D
If we persevere
D A
We need strength in our hearts
Em
We need wisdom and light
Em
So if it's ever gonna work
G A D
Let it be tonight
[Bridge]
Bm A
And when we think we've made some peace in our time
Em G Bm
When we know we've taken time for reflection
Bm A
When we see the cards are dealt true and kind
Em
We'll know we're not so blind,
We'll know we're not so blind
G A
We're just ordinary, ordinary
[Outro]
D A
People, ordinary people
Em G
People, ordinary people
D A
People, ordinary people
Em G
People, ordinary people
G A D
Let it be tonight
G A Bm
Let it be tonight
