Working Class Hero

by John Lennon

Date Added
8/9/2025
**Chords:**
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As soon as you're born, they make you feel small
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By giving you no time instead of it all
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'Til the pain is so big, you feel nothing at all
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A working class hero is something to be

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They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
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They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
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'Til you're so f***ing crazy, you can't follow their rules
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A working class hero is something to be

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Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
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And you think you're so clever and classless and free
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But you're still f***ing peasants as far as I can see
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A working class hero is something to be

           G    C       G
There's room at the top, they are telling you still
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But first you must learn how to smile as you kill