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| Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Recently I was asked to play this version on my radio show. I remembered the song but I only knew Marianne Faithful's rendition and when I listened I thought immediately I should learn to play this so I looked up the song on Youtube and what do you know ... it was three chords but really it was mainly one chord. I have had a practice until my fingers ached and I got it down pat now.
As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
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 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 TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still 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
Songwriters
LENNON, JOHN
LENNON, JOHN
Images @ Eminpee Fotography
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