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