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                        ORDINARY DAY - Great Big Sea
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Written by: A. Doyle/S. McCann
Album: "Play"      (1997, Warner Music Canada)

Transcribed by: Anne Drury
e-mail: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com 
Date: January 24, 2012

*Capo at 3rd fret*

INTRO:

D/F#     G       (play progression 2x)


1ST VERSE:

           D/F#                           G                   D/F#    G
I've got a smile on my face and I've got four walls around me
             D/F#                     G
I've got the sun in the sky, all the waters surround me
D/F#     A7
Oh, you know
        D/F#                     G
Yeah, I win now and sometimes I lose
           D/F#                   G
I've been battered, but I never bruise
     D/F#   Asus4    A
It's not so bad


CHORUS:

           D/F#    Em                G         A
And I say, way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
         D/F#       G      Asus4    A
And it's all your state of mind
       D/F#       Em
At the end of the day
        G           A         D/F#    G    D/F#    G
You've just got to say it's alright


2ND VERSE:

      D/F#                       G                     D/F#  G
Janie sings on the corner, what keeps her from dying? (Oooo  oooo)
        D/F#                 G
Let 'em say what they want, she won't stop trying
D/F#     A7
Oh, you know
           D/F#                       G
She might stumble if they push her around
          D/F#                        G
She might fall, but she'll never lie down
     D/F#   Asus4    A
It's not so bad


CHORUS:

           D/F#    Em                G         A
And I say, way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
         D/F#       G      Asus4    A
And it's all your state of mind
       D/F#       Em
At the end of the day
        G           A         D/F#    G
You've just got to say it's alright
       D/F#                 G
It's alright, it's alright,   it's alright


BREAK:   (played same as Chorus)

D/F#    Em      G       A
D/F#    G       Asus4   A
D/F#    Em      G       A

D/F#            G              (play progression 2x)


3RD VERSE:

         D/F#                  G                   D/F#  G  
In this beautiful life there's always some sorrow (Oooo  oooo)
            D/F#                           G
And it's a double-edged knife, but there's always tomorrow
D/F#     A7
Oh, you know
           D/F#                    G
It's up to you now if you sink or swim
              D/F#                          G
Just keep the faith and your ship will come in
     D/F#   Asus4    A
It's not so bad


CHORUS:

           D/F#    Em                G         A
And I say, way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
         D/F#       G      Asus4    A
And it's all your state of mind
       D/F#       Em           G           A
At the end of the day, you've just got to say
       D/F#    Em                G         A
I say, way-hey-hey, it's just an ordinary day
         D/F#       G      Asus4    A
And it's all your state of mind
       D/F#       Em
At the end of the day
        G           A         D/F#    G
You've just got to say it's alright
              D/F#                    G
'Cause it's alright, it's alright
                  D/F#                          D/F#
'Cause I've got a smile on my face and I've got four walls around me


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Notes:
                  E A D G B E
-D/F# chord:      2 0 0 2 3 2

(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their 
 interpretation of the song.)

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