{"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":9344,"song":"Working Class Hero","artist":"John Lennon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11538624-working-class-hero-chords-by-john-lennon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/9344?type=chord","rating":4.76087,"votes":2643,"content":"Written by: John Lennon\r\nFrom the album \"Plastic Ono Band\" (1970)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Main Riff]\r\n \r\nWhatever your strumming pattern may be, try to include this basic riff:\r\n \r\n[tab]  Am                       Am\r\n  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  \r\ne|----0---0-------0---0---|----0---0-------0---0---|\r\nB|----1---1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1---1---|\r\nG|----2---2-------2---2---|----2---2-------2---2---|\r\nD|----2---2---0h2---------|----2---2---0h2---------|\r\nA|0-----------------------|0-----------------------|\r\nE|------------------------|------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n********************\r\n| h     Hammer-on\r\n********************\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | % |  \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs soon as you're born they make you feel small[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy giving you no time instead of it all[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill the pain is so big you feel nothing at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA working class hero is something to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA working class hero is something to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey hurt you at home and they hit you at school[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/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]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA working class hero is something to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA working class hero is something to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen they expect you to pick a career[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen you can't really function you're so full of fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA working class hero is something to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA working class hero is something to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKeep you doped with religion and sex and T.V.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you think you're so clever and classless and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA working class hero is something to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA working class hero is something to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's room at the top they are telling you still[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut first you must learn how to smile as you kill[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you want to be like the folks on the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA working class hero is something to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA working class hero is something to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]       [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]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you want to be a hero well just follow me[/tab]","plain_text":"Written by: John Lennon\nFrom the album \"Plastic Ono Band\" (1970)\n\n\n[Main Riff]\n \nWhatever your strumming pattern may be, try to include this basic riff:\n \n\n\n********************\n| h     Hammer-on\n********************\n\n[Intro]\n| Am | % |  \n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","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]}}}