John Lennon
Working Class Hero
Plastic Ono Band (1970)

Am  d^e  x 2

   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

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so fuckin' crazy you can't follow their rules

  A working class hero is something to be  x 2

When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear

  A working class hero is something to be  x 2

Keep you doped with religion and sex and T.V.
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fuckin' peasants as far as I can see

  A working class hero is something to be  x 2

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

  A working class hero is something to be  x 2

         Am                     G              Am
  If you want to be a hero well just follow me
         Am                     G                 D    (ral.)
  If you want to be a hero well just follow me...

Am  e  Am


( Marilyn Manson: fidèle, w/o subtilité rythmique des refrains

  Green Day: en Bm
             refrains + 1re ligne couplet: Bm  A  Em  Bm
             solo après fuckin' peasants
             finale: John                                      )