Simple Plan - Ordinary Life: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "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.

                    D#
It's just another Monday
                 A#/D
I'm just another face in a face-less crowd
               Cm
I'm going down one-way
                    G#
Caught up in the machine, and I'm spit right out,
                 D#
I'm living in a rat race
                    A#
I'm looking for my soul in the lost-and-found

     G#
I'm sitting in the same spot
  A#
Counting every tic, toc
 Cm
Gotta hit the punch clock
 D#
When's it gonna stop-stop?
  G#
Another day in black and white

Chorus:
Cm                      A#
One, two, three, four, five
         D#                G#
Another week goes by, I'm half alive
     Cm                A#              G#
I'm getting sick, I'm faking this, I'm over it
             Cm                  A#
Don't wanna wear those suit and tie
       Fm7           G#
Gotta live before I die
        G#
So I'm done, done, done
          A#
With this ordinary life

What happened to the someday?
What happened to the dreams of the wide-eyed kid?
Don't tell me that it's too late
Don't tell me that I can't cause you never did

I'm sitting in the same spot
Counting every tic, toc
Gotta hit the punch clock
When's it going to stop-stop?
Another day in black and white
I gotta quit this ordinary life

Chorus

D#             Fm
I don't wanna wake up,
 D#/G         G#
with my best years behind me
D#             Fm
I don't wanna wake up,
 D#/G         G#
with my best years behind me
D#             Fm
I don't wanna wake up,
 D#/G         G#
with my best years behind me
D#               Fm
I think I better wake up,
 D#/G      G#
before my life's behind me

Chorus:
One, two, three, four, five
Another week goes by
I'm half alive
I'm getting sick
I'm faking this
I'm over it
Don't wanna wear no suit and tie
I gotta live before I die
So I'm done, done, done
With this ordinary life

One, two, three, four, five
No more ordinary life
One, two, three, four, five
I gotta wake up, wake up
One, two, three, four, five
No more ordinary life
I'm done, done, done with this ordinary
This whole thing is temporary
Done, done, done with this ordinary life


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Fm7

Guitar chord Fm7

G

Guitar chord G

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 "Ordinary Life" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Ordinary Life" by Simple Plan.