Chords and lyrics for Working Class Hero Acoustic by Green Day

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As soon as you’re born

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they make you feel

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small

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By giving you no

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time instead of it

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all

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Till the pain is so

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big you feel nothing at

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all

 

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A working class

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hero 

 

is

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something 

 

to

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be

 

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They hurt you at

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home and they hit you at

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school

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They hate you if you’re

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clever and they despise a

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fool

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Till you’re so

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fucking crazy you can’t follow their

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rules

 

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A working class

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hero 

 

is

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something 

 

to

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be

 

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When they’ve tortured

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and scared you for twenty odd

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years

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Then they expect

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you to pick a

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career

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When you can’t really

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function you’re so full of

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fear

 

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A working class

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hero 

 

is

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something 

 

t

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o 

 

be

 

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Keep you doped with

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religion and sex and

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TV

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And you think you’re so

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clever and classless and

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free

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But you’re still fucking

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peasants as far as I can

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see

 

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A working class

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hero 

 

is

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something 

 

to

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be

 

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There’s room at the

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top they are telling you

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still

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But first you must

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learn how to smile as you

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kill

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If you want to be like the

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folks on the

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hill

 

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A working class

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hero 

 

is

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something 

 

to

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be

 

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If you want to

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be a hero well

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just 

 

follow

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me