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Version 1 Version 3Album: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970) Am Am e|-----0--0--0--------|-------0--0--0--0---|| B|-----1--1--1--------|-------1--1--1--1---|| G|-----2--2--2--------|-------2--2--2--2---|| D|-----2--2--2--------|--0h2--2--2--2--2---|| A|-0------------------|--------------------|| E|--------------------|--------------------|| [Intro] Am Am Am Am [Verse 1] Am Am G Am Am Am Am As soon as you're born, they make you feel small Am Am G Am Am Am Am By giving you no time, instead of it all Am Am G Am Am Am Am 'Til the pain is so big, you feel nothing at all [Chorus] Am Am G Am Am Am Am A Working Class Hero is somethin' to be Am G D Am Am Am Am A Working Class Hero is somethin' to be [Verse 2] 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 fucking crazy you can't follow their rules, [Chorus] Am Am G Am Am Am Am A Working Class Hero is somethin' to be Am G D Am Am Am Am A Working Class Hero is somethin' to be [Verse 3] Am Am G Am Am Am Am When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years, Am Am G Am Am Am Am 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, [Chorus] Am Am G Am Am Am Am A Working Class Hero is somethin' to be Am G D Am Am Am Am A Working Class Hero is somethin' to be [Verse 4] Am Am G Am Am Am Am Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV, Am Am G Am Am Am Am And you think you're so clever and classless and free, Am Am G Am Am Am Am But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see, [Chorus] Am Am G Am Am Am Am A Working Class Hero is somethin' to be Am G D Am Am Am Am A Working Class Hero is somethin' to be [Verse 5] Am Am G Am Am Am Am There's room at the top they are telling you still, Am Am G Am Am Am Am But first you must learn how to smile as you kill, Am Am G Am Am Am Am If you want to be like the folks on the hill, [Chorus] Am Am G Am Am Am Am A Working Class Hero is somethin' to be Am G D Am Am Am Am A Working Class Hero is somethin' to be [Outro] Am Am G Am If you want to be a hero, well just follow me Am Am G D If you want to be a hero, well just follow me e|-------------0------|-----------0--------|| B|----------1---------|----------1---------|| G|-------2------------|---------2----------|| D|----2---------------|--------2-----------|| A|-0------------------|-------0------------|| E|--------------------|--0-----------------|| ************************************ | h Hammer-on ************************************