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WORKING CLASS HERO

The Plastic Ono Band

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Transcribed for the banjo by:



Aaron Ezis | arezis@mindport.net | http://www.mindport.net/~arezis/



Tune Banjo to "G"



On this one you use a technique called 'hammering'.

This is done by lifting your index finger up and down

off the fret board.  If your familiar with the song

you'll be able to tell when to hammer.





WORKING CLASS HERO- John Lennon



 Am                           G             Am

As soon as you're born they make you feel small

                         G          Am

By giving you no time instead of it all

                                     G       Am

Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all

    Am                    G          Am

A working class hero is something to be

    Am                    G          Am

A working class hero is something to be



They hurt you at home and they hit you at school

They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool

Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be



When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years

Then they expect you to pick a career

When you can't really function you're so full of fear

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be



Keep you doped with religion and sex and T.V.

And you think you're so clever and classless and free

But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be



There's room at the top they are telling you still

But first you must learn how to smile as you kill

If you want to be like the folks on the hill

A working class hero is something to be

A working class hero is something to be



If you want to be a hero well just follow me

If you want to be a hero well just follow me



(from Plastic Ono Band, 1970)

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