Amy Macdonald - An Ordinary Life: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "An Ordinary Life" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

F#                            C#
What makes you different from anyone in here?
F#                                 C#
What makes you stand out from the crowd?
F#                         C#/F
What makes your mother so proud of you?
F#                             C#/F   G#
What makes us worship at your ground?

A#m                C#
At night when you go to bed
          G#/C                      A#m
Do these thoughts run through your head?
F#                      C#
When you're lying there all alone
       G#/C           A#m  F#
Do you think of us instead?

Chorus:
C#            G#/C            A#m
I don't know where I'll be in ten years time
  F#
I want to be free
         C#
I don't care about the cameras
        G#/C
I don't care about the lights
       A#m                    F#
All I wanted was an ordinary life

What makes you happy? What makes you sad?
Do paparazzi drive you mad?
Do you miss your life back home?
Were they the best days that you had?

Chorus:
I don't know where I'll be
In ten years time
I want to be free
I don't care about the cameras
I don't care about the lights
All I wanted was an ordinary life

I don't know where I'll be
In ten years time
Where will the music take me?
I don't care about the spotlight
I don't care about the nights
All I wanted was an ordinary life

I don't know where I'll be
In ten years time
Where will the music take me?
I don't care about the spotlight
Or the Hollywood nights
All I wanted was an ordinary life


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "An Ordinary Life" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "An Ordinary Life" by Amy Macdonald.