[Intro]
Am
[Verse]
G Am
As soon as you're born, they make you feel small
G Am
By giving you no time, instead of it all
G Am
'Til the pain is so big, you feel nothing at all.
[Chorus]
G Am
Working Class Hero is somethin' to be
G D Am
Working Class Hero is somethin' to be
[Verse]
G Am
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,
G Am
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool,
G Am
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules.
[Chorus]
G Am
Working Class Hero is somethin' to be
G D Am
Working Class Hero is somethin' to be
[Verse]
G Am
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,
G Am
Then they expect you to pick a career,
G Am
When you can't really function you're so full of fear.
[Chorus]
G Am
Working Class Hero is somethin' to be
G D Am
Working Class Hero is somethin' to be
[Verse]
G Am
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,
G Am
And you think you're so clever and classless and free,
G Am
But you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see.
[Chorus]
G Am
Working Class Hero is somethin' to be
G D Am
Working Class Hero is somethin' to be
[Verse]
G Am
There's room at the top they are telling you still,
G Am
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
G Am
If you want to be like the folks on the hill.
[Chorus]
G Am
Working Class Hero is somethin' to be
G D Am
Working Class Hero is somethin' to be
[Outro]
G Am
If you wanna be a hero, well just follow me
G D
If you wanna be a hero, well just follow me
[Intro]
Am
[Verse]
As soon as you're born,
G Am
they make you feel small
By giving you no time,
G Am
instead of it all
'Til the pain is so big,
G Am
you feel nothing at all.
[Chorus]
Working Class Hero
G Am
is somethin' to be
G Working Class Hero
D Am
is somethin' to be
[Verse]
They hurt you at home and
G Am
they hit you at school,
They hate you if you're clever
G Am
and they despise a fool,
Till you're so fucking crazy
G Am
you can't follow their rules.
[Chorus]
Working Class Hero
G Am
is somethin' to be
G Working Class Hero
D Am
is somethin' to be
[Verse]
When they've tortured and scared
G Am
you for twenty odd years,
Then they expect
G Am
you to pick a career,
When you can't really function
G Am
you're so full of fear.
[Chorus]
Working Class Hero
G Am
is somethin' to be
G Working Class Hero
D Am
is somethin' to be
[Verse]
Keep you doped with
G Am
religion and sex and TV,
And you think you're so clever
G Am
and classless and free,
But you're still fucking
G Am
peasents as far as I can see.
[Chorus]
Working Class Hero
G Am
is somethin' to be
G Working Class Hero
D Am
is somethin' to be
[Verse]
There's room at the top
G Am
they are telling you still,
But first you must learn
G Am
how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like
G Am
the folks on the hill.
[Chorus]
Working Class Hero
G Am
is somethin' to be
G Working Class Hero
D Am
is somethin' to be
[Outro]
If you wanna be a hero,
G Am
well just follow me
If you wanna be a hero,
G D
well just follow me