Working Class Hero Chords by Marianne Faithfull

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_ _ _ _ _ As soon as you've born, [Bb] they make you feel [Cm] small _
_ _ _ _ _ By giving you no [Bb] time instead of it [C] all _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] Till the pain is so big you [Bb] feel nothing at [C] _ all
_ _ _ _ A working class hero is [C] something to be _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ A working class hero [Bb] is [Cm] something to be
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_ _ _ _ hurt you at home and [Bb] they hit you [C] at school _ _ _ _ _
_ They hate you if you're clever [Bb] and they [C] despise a fool _ _
Till you're so fucking crazy [Bb] you can't [C] follow through _ _ _ _
A working class hero [Bb] is something to be
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_ _ _ _ When they [Cm] tortured and scared you for twenty-odd [C] years
They _ expect _ _ _ _ _ you [Bb] to pick a career
_ _ But _ _ you really can't function, you're so full of fear _ _ _ _ _
A working class hero is something [C] to be
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Keep [C] you doped with religion [Bb] and sex [C] and TV
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] And you think you're so clever [Bb] and classless [C] and free _
_ _ _ [C] But we're still fucking [Bb] peasants as [C] far as I can see _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ There's a room at the top, they are [Bb] telling us [C] still _ _ _
_ _ But first we must learn [Bb] how to smile [C] as we can _ _ _
If we want to live [Bb] like the folks on the knee _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ A working class hero [Bb] is something [C] to be
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