Working Class Hero - John Lennon

STRUMMING PATTERN: 
A bass, strum strum, E on D string hammered-on bass, strum strum
 
Am                        G             Am
As soon as your born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Until the pain is so big you feel nothing at all

	Am              G       D            Am
	A working class hero is something to be
	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
Until you're so ***ing crazy you can't follow their rules

	Chorus

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

	Chorus

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see

	Chorus

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

	Chorus

If you want to be a hero well just follow me
                                          D
If you want to be a hero well just follow me