{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1021623,"song":"Working Class Hero","artist":"John Lennon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1021623-working-class-hero-chords-by-john-lennon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1021623?type=chord","rating":4.95795,"votes":151,"content":"Album: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ne|-----0--0--0--------|-------0--0--0--0---||\r\nB|-----1--1--1--------|-------1--1--1--1---||\r\nG|-----2--2--2--------|-------2--2--2--2---||\r\nD|-----2--2--2--------|--0h2--2--2--2--2---||\r\nA|-0------------------|--------------------||\r\nE|--------------------|--------------------||[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nAs soon as you're born, they make you feel small[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nBy giving you no time, instead of it all[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Til the pain is so big, you feel nothing at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA Working Class Hero is somethin' to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA Working Class Hero is somethin' to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThey hurt you at home and they hit you at school, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThey hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nTill you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules, [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA Working Class Hero is somethin' to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA Working Class Hero is somethin' to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nWhen they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThen they expect you to pick a career, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nWhen you can't really function you're so full of fear,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA Working Class Hero is somethin' to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA Working Class Hero is somethin' to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nKeep you doped with religion and sex and TV, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nAnd you think you're so clever and classless and free, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nBut you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA Working Class Hero is somethin' to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA Working Class Hero is somethin' to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThere's room at the top they are telling you still, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nBut first you must learn how to smile as you kill, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nIf you want to be like the folks on the hill,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA Working Class Hero is somethin' to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA Working Class Hero is somethin' to be[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Outro] \r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you want to be a hero, well just follow me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you want to be a hero, well just follow me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-------------0------|-----------0--------||\r\nB|----------1---------|----------1---------||\r\nG|-------2------------|---------2----------||\r\nD|----2---------------|--------2-----------||\r\nA|-0------------------|-------0------------||\r\nE|--------------------|--0-----------------||[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n************************************","plain_text":"Album: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n  Am  Am  Am  Am\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n \n[Outro] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n************************************\n| h  Hammer-on\n************************************","chords":["Am","B","G","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}