John Lennon – Working Class Hero (Guitar)

Key
-
Versions (2)

Auto-scroll

Chords

Written by: John Lennon From the album "Plastic Ono Band" (1970) [Main Riff] Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to include this basic riff:
  Am                       Am
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  
e|----0---0-------0---0---|----0---0-------0---0---|
B|----1---1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1---1---|
G|----2---2-------2---2---|----2---2-------2---2---|
D|----2---2---0h2---------|----2---2---0h2---------|
A|0-----------------------|0-----------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
******************** | h Hammer-on ******************** [Intro] | Am | % | [Verse 1]
   Am                       G             Am
As soon as you're born they make you feel small

   Am                    G          Am
By giving you no time instead of it all

         Am                      G          Am
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all

  Am                    G            Am
A working class hero is something to be

  Am            G       D            Am
A working class hero is something to be
[Verse 2]
     Am                        G          Am
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school

     Am                                 G         Am
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool

            Am                         G            Am
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules

  Am                    G            Am
A working class hero is something to be

  Am            G       D            Am
A working class hero is something to be
[Verse 3]
             Am                          G          Am
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years

Am                      G        Am
Then they expect you to pick a career

         Am                           G          Am
When you can't really function you're so full of fear

  Am                    G            Am
A working class hero is something to be

  Am            G       D            Am
A working class hero is something to be
[Verse 4]
         Am                      G         Am
Keep you doped with religion and sex and T.V.

        Am                         G             Am
And you think you're so clever and classless and free

           Am                        G            Am
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see

  Am                    G            Am
A working class hero is something to be

  Am            G       D            Am
A working class hero is something to be
[Verse 5]
        Am                       G           Am
There's room at the top they are telling you still

    Am                          G            Am
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill

       Am                  G            Am
If you want to be like the folks on the hill

  Am                    G            Am
A working class hero is something to be

  Am            G       D            Am
A working class hero is something to be
[Outro]
       Am                     G           Am
If you want to be a hero well just follow me

       Am                     G           D          Am
If you want to be a hero well just follow me