Ordinary World Chords

by Duran Duran
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author GabrielTuxen [a] 98.
3 contributors total, last edit on Dec 13, 2022
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Chords

B
F#m7
Dsus2
A/C#
Esus2
F#m7b5/C
C#m7
E
F#sus4
F#
C#m
G#m7
D#7
C#m6
F#7

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None of the other tabs had the correct chords, including that weird sounding chord,
so I decided to make correct tab. The chord in question is an F#m7b5/C, which contains the notes
F#-A-C-E. I play it like so:
 
e) 5
B) 5
G) 4
D) x
A) 3
E) x
 
 
[Intro]
B - F#m7 - Dsus2 A/C# - Esus2
B - F#m7 - Dsus2 A/C# - F#m7b5/C
 
 
[Verse]
C#m7
Came in from a rainy Thursday
E        F#sus4 F#
on the avenue
C#m7                               E       F#sus4 F#
thought I heard you talking softly
C#m7
I turned on the lights, the TV
E           F#sus4 F#
and the radio
C#m                               E     F#sus4 F#
still I can't escape the ghost of you
 
 
[Bridge]
C#m
What is happened to it all?
G#m7
Crazy, some say
D#7                       E
Where is the life that I recognise?
E
gone away
 
 
[Chorus]
B                         F#m7
But I won't cry for yesterday
                      Dsus2
there's an ordinary world
        A/C#          E
somehow I have to find
B                        F#m7
And as I try to make my way
                  Dsus2
to the ordinary world
        A/C#         F#m7b5/C
I will learn to survive
 
 
[Interlude]
 
   C#m7     C#m6       C#m      C#m (variation on C#m sus4) F#7     F#
e|-7----------6---------4-----------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5--------5-5-------5-5---------4-h5-p4----4-h5-p4----------5-5-2---|
G|-----6----------6-----6---6----6-------------6-------6--------3-3-3---|
D|-6----------6---------6--------6-------------6------------------------|
A|-4----------4---------4--------4-------------4------------4-4---------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------2-2---------|
 
 
[Verse]
C#m7
Passion or coincidence
       E              F#7
Once prompted you to say
C#m7
"Pride will tear us both apart"
E       F#sus4 F#
         Well now
C#m7
pride's gone out the window
            E        F#sus4 F#
Cross the rooftops, run away
C#m7
Left me in the vacuum of my
E     F#7
heart
 
 
[Bridge]
C#m
What is happening to me?
G#m7
Crazy, some'd say
D#7                        E
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away
 
 
[Chorus]
B                         F#m7
But I won't cry for yesterday
                      Dsus2
there's an ordinary world
        A/C#          E
somehow I have to find
B                        F#m7
And as I try to make my way
                  Dsus2
to the ordinary world
        A/C#         E
I will learn to survive
 
 
[Solo]
B                     F#m7
Dsus2    A/C#         E
B                     F#m7
Dsus2    A/C#         F#m7b5/C
 
 
[Verse]
C#m7
Papers in the roadside
         E             F#
Tell of suffering and greed
C#m
Fear today, forgot tomorrow
E  F#sus4 F#
         Ooh
C#m7
Here besides the news of 
      E            F#
holy war and holy need
C#m
Ours is just a little sorrowed
E    F#
talk
 
[Chorus]
B                         F#m7
And I won't cry for yesterday
                      Dsus2
there's an ordinary world
        A/C#          E
somehow I have to find
B                        F#m7
And as I try to make my way
                  Dsus2
to the ordinary world
        A/C#         E
I will learn to survive
 
 
(Repeat Chorus pattern to fade)
Every one
Is my world, (I will learn to survive)
Any one
Is my world, (I will learn to survive)
Any one
Is my world
Every one
Is my world
 
 
The chord patterns are similar throughout. However, that F#m7b5/C returns again at the end of the
guitar theme in the middle of the song. Otherwise it is replaced by an Esus2 as in
the first half of the intro.
 
/////Gabriel Tuxen
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18 comments
miamipony
I've searched high and low for a tab where the writer even HEARS that there is a non-standard chord at the end of "I will learn to survive". Until I get to ask Warren himself I'll be playing F#m7b5/C. Sincerely, thank you so much.
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joedavidwrigley
The third chord of the 'bridge' is a dominant seventh not a minor seventh
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Oasis4U2NV
Very close, but I think the B's sound better as Bsus 799800 , and the F#m7b5/C really just sounds to me like it should be Am/C 032210, and although it doesn't sound bad to include it, I don't hear the F#sus4 being played at all in the original recording. The verses should just be C#m or C#m7 - E - F#
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