I Am The Common Man Song Lyrics And Guitar Chords

The Battlefield Band. Guitar work by Marc.4/4 (Joe Corrie / Alan Reid). The Battlefield Band generally recorded standard folk songs and another of the band's recordings has being The Green And The Blue Song .

I [Em]am the Common Man
[C]I am the [Am]fool, the de[Em]spised
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[C]I am the [Am]brute and the [Em]slave
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[C]I am the [Am]tool in the [Em]eyes
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[G]From the cradle to the [D]grave.
[C]From the [D]cradle to the [Em]grave.
 
I [Em]am the Common Man
[C]I am the [Am]hewer of [Em]coal.
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[C]I am the [Am]tiller of [Em]soil.
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[C]I am the [Am]serf of the [Em]seas,
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[G]Born to bear and to [D]toil.
[C]Born to [D]bear and to [Em]toil.
 
[G]I am the Common [D]Man,
But, [Em]Masters of [G]mine, take [C]heed,
[G]For you have put into my [D]head
[B7]Many a wicked deed. –Em-C-Am
 
[F]I am the [Dm]builder of [Am]halls.
[F]I am the [Dm]dweller of [Am]slums.
[F]I am the [Dm]filth and the [Am]scourge
[C]When depression [G]comes.
When [Am]winter’s de[G]pression [Am]comes
 
I [C]am the fighter of [G]wars.
I [Am]am the [F]killer of men,
[C]Not for a day or an [G]age,
But a[Am]gain and a[C]gain and a[G]gain.
And a[Em]gain and a[G]gain and a[Am]gain.
 
Am-Em-G-Am
Am-Em-G-Am
Am-Em-G
 
I [Am]am the Common Man,
[C]Born to [G]bear and to [Am]toil –Em-Am
 
Instrumental Outro.
Irish song lyrics G-J