Working Class Hero Chords by Richie Havens

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_ _ _ As soon as you're born, _ [F#] they make you [Bm] feel small.
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_ giving you no time, [A] _ it's [Bm] dead and gone.
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_ _ _ But we cannot function, [A] we can't feel [Bm] nothing at [F#] all. _ _ _
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[Bm] _ They hurt us at home, [A] _ _ [Bm] they eat us at [B] school.
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_ _ _ They hate us when we're clever, _ [A] _ despise [Bm] us when we're _ fools.
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And they got us so fucking crazy, [A] we cannot follow their rules.
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_ _ _ _ Working class [A] hero is _
[Bm] something to be. _ _
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_ Working class _ [A] hero is [Bm] something to _ be. _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, they tortured, _ [A] scared us, [Bm] twenty-odd years. _ _
_ Then _ _ _ _ they expect you [A] to pick a [Bm] career. _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ But we cannot function, _ [A] we are so [Bm] fools.
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[Bm] _ _ Keep us doped on [A] religion, _ _ [Bm] sex and TV.
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[Bm] And _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ they make you feel [A] clever and [Bm] classless and _ [F#] free. _ _
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_ Got us all still fucking [A] peasants, _ [Bm] spied on, died on the sea. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Working class _ [A] hero is [Bm] something to be. _ _
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_ Working class _
[F#] hero is something [Bm] to be. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ There's room [F#] at the top, _ [A] they are telling [Bm] us still.
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[Bm] _ _ _ But first you must _ [A] learn how to smile [Bm] as you [F#] kill. _ _
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If you want to be [A] like the old [Bm] Charlie Hill.
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_ _ _ _ Working class _ [A] hero is [Bm] something to be.
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Working class _ [A]
hero is [Bm] something to be. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ If you want to be a hero, [A] well then just [Bm] follow me. _ _
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