Working Class Hero Chords by Marianne Faithfull

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