Chords for Green Day - Working Class Hero (Video)

Tempo:
81.5 bpm
Chords used:

A

Bm

E

B

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Green Day - Working Class Hero (Video) chords
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Key:
A
1231
Bm
13421112
E
2311
B
12341112
Em
121
A
1231
Bm
13421112
E
2311
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To learn Green Day - Working Class Hero chords with lyrics, focus on the sequence of these chords: A, E, Bm, A, Bm, B, A. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 40 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 82. Given the song's key of A, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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I left Darfur because I lost all my family.
We have nothing.
We all live in hope.
I'm from Sudan, Darfur.
Hope and dreams for living.
The situation is so desperately, so bad.
Three million people or more displaced either internally or externally.
My father was killed in front of me.
All the people, they want to live equal in Sudan.
So that's my dream.
[B] One day I will open my eyes and see a [Bm] peaceful Darfur.
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[A] [Em] [Bm] .
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[E] [Bm] .
They hurt you [Am] at [Em] home and they hit you [Bm] at school.
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They hate if you're clever [A] and [Bm] despise a fool.
Until you're so [A] crazy you can't follow [Bm] their rules.
I have my brothers killed by Janjawe.
Genocide right now is happening in Sudan.
[A] [Em] .
[Bm] It's always my eyes.
They shot some of them on their heads.
[A] [Em] .
[Bm] They're hunting them like somebody hunting rabbits.
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[A] [E] [Bm] .
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[A] [Bm] They raped 213 students.
[A] [E] [Bm] .
And his wife was raped next to his dead body.
[A] [E] [Bm] They killed them if they were boys and they raped them if they were girls.
You dealt with [A] religion and sex [Bm] until you'd be here.
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And you think you're so clever [A] and [Bm] classless and free.
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But you're still [A] present as far as I [Bm] can see.
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[A] [E] [Bm] .
What .
[A] [E] [Bm] .
they're [D] .
[E] [B] doing at this time [D] is [A] existing [E] in peace over there.
[Bm] [A] Whether that's [E] genocide or [B] ethnic cleansing or crime [Bm] against humanity.
[A] Whatever the definition.
[E] You [B] won't have to stop and to stop now.
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[E] [B] .
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[B] We do not need military might.
We [A] need UN peacekeepers [E] to go in [Bm] there to protect those civilians.
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[A] [E] [B] Sudan's government tries to attack everybody who wants to stay [A] out.
I am afraid to [E] stay there and so [B] because of this I fled.
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[A] [E] .
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[A] If you want to be a hero, well just follow me.
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If you want to be a hero, [G] well [D] just follow me.
And make a call for [E] the people of [N] Darfur including the perpetrators who lived with us in peace for many years.
That governments come and go.
Maybe they need to look at the extent of the damage.
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This song was written by John Lennon.

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