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