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Working Class Hero

by JOHN LENNON · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key
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Blow note
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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
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Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
C Tenor - Low C

6   6   6    6    6 -5
As soon as you're born 
 5    -5   5   -5    6
they make you feel small
6   8  8   8  8   -8
By giving you no time 
 -7 -8  -7 7  -8 -7  
instead of it all--
 6    6   6   6  6   6 
Till the pain is so big 
-5   -5  -5  -4  3  -4 -3
you feel nothing at all--
6  8  8     8   8 -8 -8  -8  -7   7  -8 -7
A working class hero is something to be---
6  8  8     8   8 -8 -8  -8  -7   7  -8 -7
A working class hero is something to be---

 6    6    6  6   6   -5
They hurt you at home and
 5   -5   5  -5   6
they hit you at school
 6    8    8  8     8    8 -8
They hate you if you're clever 
-7   -8   -7  7 -8  -7
and they despise a fool
 6      6   6   6   6   6 -5
Till you're so fucking crazy 
-5   -5   -4  3   -4    -3
you can't follow their rules
6  8  8     8   8 -8 -8  -8  -7   7  -8 -7
A working class hero is something to be---
6  8  8     8   8 -8 -8  -8  -7   7  -8 -7
A working class hero is something to be---

 6      6     6   6    6    6    -5
When they've tortured and scared you
 5   -5 5  -5    6
for twenty odd years
 8    8    8  8  -8
Then they expect you 
-7  -8 -7 7 -8 -7
to pick a career- 
 6    6    6    6  6   6  -5
When you can't really function 
  -5   -5  -4  3  -4 -3
you're so full of fear-
6  8  8     8   8 -8 -8  -8  -7   7  -8 -7
A working class hero is something to be---
6  8  8     8   8 -8 -8  -8  -7   7  -8 -7
A working class hero is something to be---

 6    6    6    6   6  6 -5
Keep you doped with religion
 5  -5   5 -5 6
and sex and T V
 6   8    8     8    8   8 -8
And you think you're so clever
-7   -8    -7   7 -8 -7
and class less and free
 6    6      6    6  6    6  -5
But you're still fucking peasants
-5 -5  -4 3 -4  -3
as far as I can see
6  8  8     8   8 -8 -8  -8  -7   7  -8 -7
A working class hero is something to be---
6  8  8     8   8 -8 -8  -8  -7   7  -8 -7
A working class hero is something to be---

  6      6   6   6  6 -5
There's room at the top- 
 5    5   -5  5  -5    6
they are telling you still
 6    8    8   8    8 -8
But first you must learn 
-7  -8  -7   7  -8   -7
how to smile as you kill
6   6   6   6  6   -5
If you want to be like 
-5   -5   -4  3  -4 -3
the folks on the hill-
6  8  8     8   8 -8 -8  -8  -7   7  -8 -7
A working class hero is something to be---
6  8  8     8   8 -8 -8  -8  -7   7  -8 -7
A working class hero is something to be---
6   6   6   6  6  6 6 -5  -5   -5   -4  3 -4 -3
If you want to be a hero well just follow me---
6   6   6   6  6  6 6 -5  -5   -5   -4  3 -4 -3
If you want to be a hero well just follow me---
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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