Working class hero
1. As soon as you're
born they make you feel small,
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by giving you no time instead of it all,
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till the pain is so big you feel nothing at
all.
A working class hero
is something to be.
Am G Am
A working class hero
is something to be.
2. They hurt you at
home and they hit you at school,
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they hate you if you're clever and they
despise a fool,
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till you're so fucking crazy you can't
follow their rules.
A working class hero
is something to be.
Am G Am
A working class hero
is something to be.
3. When they've
tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,
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then they expect you to pick a career,
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when you can't really function, you're so
full of fear.
A working class hero
is something to be.
Am G Am
A working class hero
is something to be.
4. Keep you doped with
religion and sex and T.V.,
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and you think you're so clever and
classless and free,
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but you're still fucking peasants as far as
I can see.
A working class hero
is something to be.
Am G Am
A working class hero
is something to be.
5. 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.
A working class hero
is something to be.
Am G Am
A working class hero
is something to be.
If you want to be a hero well just follow
me.
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If you want to be a hero well just follow
me.
(John Lennon)