Ordinary World Uke tab by Duran Duran

8 Chords used in the song: Am, C, D, Em, B, G, Dm7, F

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Year:  1993
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4.38
(Intermediate)
Key: C, Am, EmChords
Am Am                          C C                D D
Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue
Am Am C C D D
Thought I heard you talking softly
Am Am C C D D
I turned on the lights the TV and the radio
Am Am C C D D
Still I can't escape the ghost of you
Am Am
What has happened to it all?
Em Em
Crazy some'd say
B B C C
Where is the life that I recognize?

Gone away...
G G Dm7 Dm7
But I won't cry for yesterday
F F C C
There's an ordinary world. somehow I have to find
G G Dm7 Dm7
And as I try to make my way
F F G G
To the ordinary world I will learn to survive

G G Dm7 Dm7 F F G G

Am Am C C D D
Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say
Am Am C C D D
Pride will tear us both apart
Am Am C C D D
Well now pride's gone out the window cross the rooftops, run away
Am Am C C D D
Left me in the vacuum of my heart
Am Am
What is happening to me?
Em Em
Crazy some'd say
B B C C
Where is my friend when I need you most?

Gone away...
G G Dm7 Dm7
But I won't cry for yesterday
F F G G
There's an ordinary world. somehow I have to find
G G Dm7 Dm7
And as I try to make my way
F F G G
To the ordinary world I will learn to survive

G G Dm7 Dm7 F F G G
G G Dm7 Dm7 F F G G

Am Am C C D D
Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and greed
Am Am C C D D
Here today, forgot tomorrow
Am Am C C D D
Ohh...here beside the news of holy war and holy need
Am Am C C D D
Ours is just a little sorrowed talk
G G Dm7 Dm7
But I won't cry for yesterday
F F G G
There's an ordinary world. somehow I have to find
G G Dm7 Dm7
And as I try to make my way
F F G G
To the ordinary world I will learn to survive

G G Dm7 Dm7 F F G G
Every world is my world - I will learn to survive
G G Dm7 Dm7 F F G G
Any world is my world - I will learn to survive
G G Dm7 Dm7 F F G G
Any world is my world

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This is a lot easier than the other versions; I would say keep the C on "somehow I have to find" on each chorus, but "learn to survive" can still end on a G.

Also, Dm7 sounds fine on a guitar, but on a soprano uke I find it too bright - Dm works better (IMHO). Still, this is so much easier, and my quibbles are relatively minor.
18 Jul 2018
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poiboy avatar
Dm7 could be a just a Dm for beginners.. but a good simple addition for a nice song.
31 Jul 2016
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About this song: Ordinary World

"Ordinary World" is the first single from Duran Duran's self-titled 1993 album, better known as The Wedding Album. The song peaked at No. 3 in the American charts and No. 6 in the British charts. By the early 90s, Duran Duran's popularity had faded. Their album Liberty had proved a commercial failure, its two singles failing to make a significant showing on British or American charts. It wasn't until Capitol leaked "Ordinary World" to a radio station in Florida in the autumn of 1992 that it looked like Duran Duran mania might yet hit again.

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