Working Class Hero(+guitar chords)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

INTRO: |AM  |AM  ||
VERSE:1
   AM                     G                AM
5   5   5   5   5 -4  4    -4   4   -4    5 
As soon as your born they make you feel small, 
                        G              AM 
5   7  7   7  7   -7   -6 -7  -6 6  -7 -6 
By giving you no time instead of it all, 
                                 G            AM
 5    5   5   5  5   5  -4   -4  -4 -3   3  3 -3 
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all. 
CHORUS:
  AM                      G             AM
5   7  7    7   7 -7 -7  -7  -6   6  -7 -6  
A Working Class Hero is something to be, 
                  G       D/A           AM
5   7  7    7   7 -7 -7  -7  -6   6  -7 -6  
A Working Class Hero is something to be. 
VERSE:2
     AM                        G             AM
 5    5    5  5   5   -4   4   -4   4  -4   5 
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school, 
                                   G           AM
 5    7    7  7    7    -7 -6  -7  -6  6  -7  -6 
They hate you if you're clever and despise a fool, 
                                       G               AM
 5     5    5   5  5   5 -4  -4  -4    -3  3    3     -3 
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules. 
CHORUS:
  AM                      G             AM
5   7  7    7   7 -7 -7  -7  -6   6  -7 -6  
A Working Class Hero is something to be, 
                  G       D/A           AM
5   7  7    7   7 -7 -7  -7  -6   6  -7 -6  
A Working Class Hero is something to be. 
VERSE:3
             AM                                 G        AM                       
 5      5      5  5    5    5    -4   4  -4 4   -4    5 
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years, 
                          G             AM
 7    7    7  7  -7  -6  -7 -6 6 -7 -6 
Then they expect you to pick a career, 
                                           G          AM
 5    5   5     5  5   5  -4     -4  -4   -3  3  3 -3 
When you can't really function you're so full of fear. 
CHORUS:
  AM                      G             AM
5   7  7    7   7 -7 -7  -7  -6   6  -7 -6  
A Working Class Hero is something to be, 
                  G       D/A           AM
5   7  7    7   7 -7 -7  -7  -6   6  -7 -6  
A Working Class Hero is something to be. 
VERSE:4
         AM                  G          AM
 5    5    5    5   5 -4  4  -4   4  -4 5 
Keep you doped with religon, sex and T.V. 
                                   G                AM
 5   7    7      7   7  -7 -6  -7   -6  6    -7   -6 
And you think you're so clever and classless and free, 
                                           G        AM
 5    5      5    5  5    5  -4   -4 -4  -3 3  3  -3 
but you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see. 
CHORUS:
  AM                      G             AM
5   7  7    7   7 -7 -7  -7  -6   6  -7 -6  
A Working Class Hero is something to be, 
                 G        D/A           AM
5   7  7    7   7 -7 -7  -7  -6   6  -7 -6  
A Working Class Hero is something to be. 
VERSE:5
        AM                                G        AM                 
  5      5   5   5   5  -4    4  -4  4   -4   5 
There's room at the top they are telling you still, 
                                  G             AM
 5    7    7   7     7   -7  -6   -7  -6  6  -7 -6 
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill, 
                             G             AM
5   5   5   5  5   -4  -4   -4   -3  3  3 -3" 
If you want to be like the folks on the hill. 
CHORUS:
  AM                      G             AM
5   7  7    7   7 -7 -7  -7  -6   6  -7 -6  
A Working Class Hero is something to be, 
                 G        D/A           AM
5   7  7    7   7 -7 -7  -7  -6   6  -7 -6  
A Working Class Hero is something to be. 
       AM                       G           AM
5   5   5   5  5  5 5 -4  -4   -4  -3  3  3 -3 
If you want to be a hero well just follow me, 
                                G          D/A  AM
5   5   5   5  5  5 5 -4  -4   -4  -3  3  3 -3 
If you want to be a hero well just follow me.

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound