Chords for ♪♫ John Lennon - Working Class Hero (Tutorial)

_ Okay, here's a quick tutorial for one of my favorite [E] all-time [Fm] Lennon songs, [Ebm] Working Class Hero. _
_ Like most [D] of the best Lennon songs, the simple [Ab] ones are usually the best.
This one is pretty easy.
It's only got
[D] three chords in the whole song and
_ pretty much really just two, the [Db] third chord that
[G] is very rarely [E] played. _
So [Am] the chords you're going to need are an A minor and _ _ a [G] G6
which is like, you know, just a G, but you're not [Em] playing the _ top E at all.
Okay, [G] it's just the bass. _
_ [Am] _ The other chord you're going to [A] need is the
_ _ what's that, Dsus2 _
_ Dsus4, [Gb] Dsus2, I think it's pretty much the same, [G] which is, you're not playing the E, [D] open, open, second, third, open.
So those three chords, right?
_ [Abm]
So you've got that little intro, well, main riff that [Am] goes. _
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_ _ _ _ _ Right, so on A minor, [Ab] pluck the fifth string
[A] _ _
_ [Am] down, up, down, up, _ and then on the fourth string, release it _ [E] and then hammer on.
_ [Am] Down, up, down, up, fifth, down, up, down, up, fourth, down, up, down, up, fifth, down, up, down, up, _
fourth,
_ _ right, [Am] _ _
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_ _ _ _ just do that for a while.
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_ Then when you do your G,
_ [G] _ _
just play the _ _ _ _
fret on the G string, E string, _ _ _ _ and back to the A minor [Am] again. _
_ So it goes, _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Alright, [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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when you get to this part,
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ A minor to the G, then bring in your Dsus2.
_ [D] _ _ So play the open fourth string,
_ _ _ down, up, [E] down, up, or you're fretting the Dsus2, [G] then back to your A [Am] minor.
_ _ _ _ _ And that's it.
[A] All right, you see you play that, you know, maybe five times in a row, or you know, five verses, however many there are.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ They hurt you at home, [G] and they hit you at [Am] school. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hate you if you're clever, [G] and they despise [Am] the fool. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Till you're so fucking crazy, you [G] can't follow their [Am] rules. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ A working-class hero [G] is something [Am] to be. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ A working [G]-class hero [D] is something.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
Anyway, _ you [Ebm] get the point, don't you?
Easy.
[G] A minor, _ [A] Gsinghs, Dsus2, [Eb] A minor.
That'll make it [E] any easier.
Apart from maybe imagine.
Well, even that's probably a bit harder than that.
So there you go. _
Brilliant journaling song.
_ _ [N] _ _