XTC - Where Did The Ordinary People Go

      Where Did The Ordinary People Go?
Outtake from Nonsuch later released as a download only single in 2005
Written by Colin Moulding

[Intro]
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Verse Riff:
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A E D E  A E D A
Verse Riff x4

[Verse 1]

A    E          D         E
This street has changed so much
A         E       D         E
A line of fortresses, look but don't touch
A         E       D         E
I'd like to call on my neighbours one day
A         E        D         E
But their Doberman won't look the other way

[Chorus]

E           B     D        A
There's one thing I'd like to know
G         D         A       B
Where did the ordinary people go?

[Verse 2]

A         E       D         E
In my street I don't know a soul
A         E       D         E
The walls and fences never have no holes
A         E       D         E
If I could only be your Peeping Tom
A         E               D         E
You could complain about my bonfire burning strong

[Chorus]

E           B     D        A
There's one thing I'd like to know
G         D         A       B
Where did the ordinary people go?
E           B     D        A
Nod my head and say hello
G         D         A       B
Where did the ordinary people go?

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Verse Riff x2

[Bridge]

Amaj7         Bmaj7
Money changes everyone
Gmaj7    F#m7
Or so it seems
Amaj7                Bmaj7
There's no community spirit anywhere
F#m7            B
You may say I'm green

[Verse 3]

A         E    D      E
In my street we go by car
A         E          D         E
The tinted windows never show who you are
A         E          D         E
If I could see you, I'd complain about the noise
A         E             D         E
I glance across the fence we both might enjoy

[Chorus]

E           B         D       A
There's one thing I'd like to know
G         D         A       B
Where did the ordinary people go?
E           B    D  A
Nod my head and say hello
G         D            A      B
Where did the ordinary people go?

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A          E         A          E
Where did they go?   The ordinary people
A          E            A          E
Those ordinary people?   The ordinary people
A          E          A          E
Where did they go?    The ordinary people

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