Chords for Alan Jackson - Working Class Hero (LIVE)
Tempo:
108 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
B
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
My daddy is a hard-working man and I watched him work for Plantin Atlanta for about 30 years.
He retired a couple years ago and they gave him this little plaque about so big you know and
that's all he had to show for all those years.
I was thinking about all the hard-working people
in this country that give their life just to make a living and they don't build a big hall
of fame or statue.
So this song is for my daddy and all the working-class heroes in this country.
[E]
A calloused right hand [A] holds a shiny [E] gold watch, 30 [A] years spent on [E] the clock.
She won't see no tears
[A] and this working [E]-class hero [B] has always [A] been hard [B] as a rock.
[E] She knows she's too old [A] to really [E] start
over.
[B] [A] Besides he just [E] wouldn't know how.
Well I guess he's just glad [A] that he's [E] not alone
[B] but he's [A] got to wonder [E] what now.
[A] There's no hall [D] of fame for [E] that working-class hero.
[A] No statue
[D] carved [E] out of stone.
[A] His greatest [D] reward [E] is the love of [D] his children.
So [E] after he's gone
[D] that old [A] working-class hero
[E] [A]
[E] [B] [A]
[E]
[A]
[E] [B] [A]
[E]
that three-bedroom house [A] he built [E] in the [B] 50s [A] seems so much bigger [E] today.
With just him and mama
[A] and not [E] many bills.
[B] As [A] all the [B] kids move away what [E] he's done with his life [A] might not [E] be remembered
[B] [A]
[E] be proud.
All the blood sweat and years [A] this working [E]-class hero [B] really [A] was living [E] the [A]
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[Abm] [A]
[D] [E]
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[E] [A] best.
[E] [B]
[E]
[A] [E]
[D] [A]
[E] [D] That working [A]-class hero [E] lived on.
[D] That working [A]-class
[E]
[Gm] [E]
[N]
He retired a couple years ago and they gave him this little plaque about so big you know and
that's all he had to show for all those years.
I was thinking about all the hard-working people
in this country that give their life just to make a living and they don't build a big hall
of fame or statue.
So this song is for my daddy and all the working-class heroes in this country.
[E]
A calloused right hand [A] holds a shiny [E] gold watch, 30 [A] years spent on [E] the clock.
She won't see no tears
[A] and this working [E]-class hero [B] has always [A] been hard [B] as a rock.
[E] She knows she's too old [A] to really [E] start
over.
[B] [A] Besides he just [E] wouldn't know how.
Well I guess he's just glad [A] that he's [E] not alone
[B] but he's [A] got to wonder [E] what now.
[A] There's no hall [D] of fame for [E] that working-class hero.
[A] No statue
[D] carved [E] out of stone.
[A] His greatest [D] reward [E] is the love of [D] his children.
So [E] after he's gone
[D] that old [A] working-class hero
[E] [A]
[E] [B] [A]
[E]
[A]
[E] [B] [A]
[E]
that three-bedroom house [A] he built [E] in the [B] 50s [A] seems so much bigger [E] today.
With just him and mama
[A] and not [E] many bills.
[B] As [A] all the [B] kids move away what [E] he's done with his life [A] might not [E] be remembered
[B] [A]
[E] be proud.
All the blood sweat and years [A] this working [E]-class hero [B] really [A] was living [E] the [A]
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[Abm] [A]
[D] [E]
[D] [E]
[D] [A]
[E] [A] best.
[E] [B]
[E]
[A] [E]
[D] [A]
[E] [D] That working [A]-class hero [E] lived on.
[D] That working [A]-class
[E]
[Gm] [E]
[N]
Key:
E
A
D
B
Abm
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D
My daddy is a hard-working man and I watched him work for Plantin Atlanta for _ about 30 years. _
He retired a couple years ago and they gave him this little plaque about so big you know and
that's all he had to show for all those years.
I was thinking about all the hard-working people
in this country that give their life just to make a living and they don't build a big hall
of fame or statue.
So this song is for my daddy and all the working-class heroes in this country.
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ A calloused right hand [A] holds a shiny [E] gold watch, 30 [A] years spent on [E] the clock. _
_ She won't see no tears
[A] and this working [E]-class hero [B] has always [A] been hard [B] as a rock. _ _
[E] She knows she's too old [A] to really [E] start
over.
[B] _ [A] Besides he just [E] wouldn't know how.
_ Well I guess he's just glad [A] that he's [E] not alone
[B] but he's [A] got to wonder [E] what now.
_ _ [A] There's no hall [D] of fame for [E] that working-class hero.
[A] No statue
[D] carved [E] out of stone.
_ [A] His greatest [D] reward [E] is the love of [D] his children.
So [E] after he's gone
_ [D] that old [A] working-class hero
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ that three-bedroom house [A] he built [E] in the [B] 50s [A] seems so much bigger [E] today. _
_ With just him and mama
[A] and not [E] many bills.
[B] As [A] all the [B] kids move away what [E] he's done with his life [A] might not [E] be remembered
[B] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] be proud.
All the blood sweat and years [A] this working [E]-class hero [B] really [A] was living [E] the _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] best.
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] That working [A]-class hero [E] lived on. _
[D] That working [A]-class _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
He retired a couple years ago and they gave him this little plaque about so big you know and
that's all he had to show for all those years.
I was thinking about all the hard-working people
in this country that give their life just to make a living and they don't build a big hall
of fame or statue.
So this song is for my daddy and all the working-class heroes in this country.
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ A calloused right hand [A] holds a shiny [E] gold watch, 30 [A] years spent on [E] the clock. _
_ She won't see no tears
[A] and this working [E]-class hero [B] has always [A] been hard [B] as a rock. _ _
[E] She knows she's too old [A] to really [E] start
over.
[B] _ [A] Besides he just [E] wouldn't know how.
_ Well I guess he's just glad [A] that he's [E] not alone
[B] but he's [A] got to wonder [E] what now.
_ _ [A] There's no hall [D] of fame for [E] that working-class hero.
[A] No statue
[D] carved [E] out of stone.
_ [A] His greatest [D] reward [E] is the love of [D] his children.
So [E] after he's gone
_ [D] that old [A] working-class hero
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ that three-bedroom house [A] he built [E] in the [B] 50s [A] seems so much bigger [E] today. _
_ With just him and mama
[A] and not [E] many bills.
[B] As [A] all the [B] kids move away what [E] he's done with his life [A] might not [E] be remembered
[B] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] be proud.
All the blood sweat and years [A] this working [E]-class hero [B] really [A] was living [E] the _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] best.
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] That working [A]-class hero [E] lived on. _
[D] That working [A]-class _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _