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