E|------------------------|
B|------1-----------------|
G|------2-----------------|
D|----0h2-----------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
D#mC#D#m
As soon as you're born they make you feel small
C#D#m
By giving you no time instead of it all
C#D#m
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
D#mC#D#m
D# working class hero is something to be
D#mC#G#D#m
D# working class hero is something to be
D#mC#D#m
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
C#D#m
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
C#D#m
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules
D#mC#D#m
D# working class hero is something to be
D#mC#G#D#m
D# working class hero is something to be
C#D#m
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
C#D#m
Then they expect you to pick a career
C#D#m
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
D#mC#D#m
D# working class hero is something to be
D#mC#G#D#m
D# working class hero is something to be
C#D#m
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
C#D#m
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
C#D#m
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
D#mC#D#m
D# working class hero is something to be
D#mC#G#D#m
D# working class hero is something to be
C#D#m
There's room at the top they are telling you still
C#D#m
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
C#D#m
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
D#mC#D#m
D# working class hero is something to be
D#mC#G#D#m
D# working class hero is something to be
C#D#m
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
C#G#D#m
If you want to be a hero well just follow me