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