Average Man chords by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

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Intro 1

They say I

Verse 1
C 
D 
 (C major) make too much money,  (D major) 
Bm 
Em 
to  (B minor) fit in  (E minor) my  pocket
C 
D 
 (C major) Everyone want (D major) s  to but
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Em 
 (B minor) no  one  (E minor) can top it
C 
D 
I  (C major) meet more people  (D major) in a
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Em 
 (B minor) week on  (E minor) the line
C 
D 
Than  (C major) one man can dream  (D major) of in his
Em 
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Em 
whole life (E minor) time  (D major)  (E minor) 

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Verse 2

[Chorus] Can you

understand,

I'm an average man

Tryin' to make a livin' do

the be st that I can

Can you understand, I'm an average man

But my name is in lights, lights,

lights

Interlude 1

Verse 3
C 
D 
They stop  (C major) and stare  (D major) at our
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Em 
 (B minor) houses  (E minor) and farms
C 
D 
They settled  (C major) for less,  (D major) 
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Em 
we  (B minor) reached for  (E minor) the stars
C 
D 
They're  (C major) wishin' not work (D major) in'
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Em 
and  (B minor) that's not  (E minor) the way
C 
D 
Em 
For  (C major) what comes too easy  (D major) is thrown  (E minor) away

Interlude 2
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Em 
D 
C 
D 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (D major) 
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D 
C 
D 
Em 
F#m 
 (C major)  (D major)  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (F sharp minor) 
C 
G 
Em 
C 
D 
 (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
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Em 
C 
D 
Bm 
 (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor) 
Em 
C 
D 
Bm 
Em 
C 
D 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
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Em 
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D 
 (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
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D 
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Em 
C 
D 
 (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
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C 
D 
Bm 
 (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) [Chorus] We got the fu

Verse 4
C 
 (C major) 
D 
ture to win,  (D major) 
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Em 
noth (B minor) ing to lose  (E minor) 
C 
D 
What's  (C major) done is behind  (D major) us,
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Em 
we  (B minor) live how  (E minor) we  choose
C 
D 
 (C major) Everyone's dif (D major) ferent,
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Em 
but  (B minor) one thing's  (E minor) the same
C 
D 
You  (C major) can't be a win (D major) ner if you
Em 
D 
Em 
don't play  (E minor) the game  (D major)  (E minor) 

Verse 5
D 
Can you  (D major) understand,
C 
D 
I'm an  (C major) average man  (D major) 
Tryin' to make a livin' do
C 
D 
the  (C major) be st that I can (D major) 
C 
D 
Can you understand, I'm an  (C major) average man  (D major) 
Em 
F#m 
Em 
F#m 
But  (E minor)  (F sharp minor)  (E minor)  (F sharp minor) 
Em 
my  (E minor) name is in lights
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) 

Outro 1
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C 
G 
Em 
C 
 (D major)  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
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Bm 
Em 
C 
D 
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Em 
C 
 (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major) 
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Em 
C 
D 
Bm 
Em 
C 
 (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major) 
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Bm 
 (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor) 
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D 
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Em 
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 (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
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 (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
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Em 
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 (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
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 (E minor)  (D major)  (D major) 