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AJR feat. Blue Man Group – Ordinaryish People Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Ordinaryish People by AJR feat. Blue Man Group on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
G    G    Am     C   D  x2

[Verse 1]
Em
  Your happy friends
     G     Am
Call you depressing
Em                           G    Am
  Cause you wonder why we're all alive
Em
  Your downer friends
      G          Am
Think you’re too happy, too happy
Em                    G     Am
  Cause you still celebrate sometimes

[Verse 2]
Em
  Your hippie friends
     G     Am
Call you a sellout
Em                          G     Am
  Cause you buckle down and get a job
Em
  You still get high
    G         Am
But you're no hippie, no hippie
Em
  But all your work friends
G     Am
Think you are

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[Chorus]
  Am                  Em          C
I guess the last time you had any fun
    Am                Em         C
Was way back when you weren't anyone
   C                   G
So goodbye Ordinaryish People
G                           Am
We had quite the run didn’t wе though
        C            D        G
But you gotta be somebody sometimе
G                         Am
I don't wanna pack up and leave though
            C           D     (G)
When you're nobody then nobody minds

[Interlude]
G    G    Am   C   D

[Verse 2]
Em
  Your pretty friends
     G        Am
They call you ugly
Em
   Your ugly friends
      G       Am
They call you vein
Em
  No you're not stupid
G           Am
You're just special
Em
  Well that's what all your
G     Am
Smart friends say

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[Chorus]
  Am                  Em          C
I guess the last time you had any fun
    Am                Em         C
Was way back when you weren't anyone
   C                   G
So goodbye Ordinaryish People
G                           Am
We had quite the run didn’t wе though
        C            D        G
But you gotta be somebody sometimе
G                         Am
I don't wanna pack up and leave though
            C           D     (G)
When you're nobody then nobody minds

[Interlude]
G    G    Am    C   D  x4
G

[Tag]
G                         Am
I don’t wanna pack up and leave though
            C           D      N.C.
When you're nobody then nobody minds

How to play Ordinaryish People: key, chords and progression

Ordinaryish People by AJR feat. Blue Man Group is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 5 chords: G, Am, C, D and Em.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Em – G – Am – Em (vi – I – ii – vi in G major). In solfa, that is lah – doh – reh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.