Working Class Hero

As (Am)soon as you're born, they (G)make you feel (Am)small (Am)(Am)
By giving you no time, in(G)stead of it (Am)all (Am)(Am)
Til the pain is so big, you feel (G)nothing at all (Am)(Am)

Working Class Hero is (G)somethin' to be (Am)(Am)
Working Class (G)Hero is (D)somethin' to be (Am)(Am)

They hurt you at home and they (G)hit you at (Am)school, (Am)(Am)
They hate you if you're clever and they (G)despise a (Am)fool, (Am)(Am)
Till you're so fucking crazy you (G)can't follow their (Am)rules, (Am)(Am)

Working Class Hero is (G)somethin' to be (Am)(Am)
Working Class (G)Hero is (D)somethin' to be (Am)(Am)

 When they've tortured and scared you for (G)twenty odd (Am)years, (Am)(Am)
Then they expect you to (G)pick a ca(Am)reer, (Am)(Am)
When you can't really function you're so (G)full of (Am)fear, (Am)(Am)

Working Class Hero is (G)somethin' to be (Am)(Am)
Working Class (G)Hero is (D)somethin' to be (Am)(Am)

Keep you doped with religion and (G)sex and T(Am)V, (Am)(Am)
And you think you're so clever and (G)classless and (Am)free, (Am)(Am)
But you're still fucking peasents as (G)far as I can (Am)see, (Am)(Am)

Working Class Hero is (G)somethin' to be (Am)(Am)
Working Class (G)Hero is (D)somethin' to be (Am)(Am)

There's room at the top they are (G)telling you (Am)still, (Am)(Am)
But first you must learn how to (G)smile as you (Am)kill, (Am)(Am)
If you want to be like the (G)folks on the (Am)hill, (Am)(Am)

Working Class (Am)Hero is (G)somethin' to be (Am)(Am)
Working Class (G)Hero is (D)somethin' to be (Am)(Am)