transcribed by Damian Rossi 
 
rossi@corplink.com.au 
 
WORKING CLASS MAN -- JIMMY BARNES 
 
INTRO: 
 
I  B5  I  B5  I  E5  I  E5  I  G#5  I  G#5  I   E5  I  F#5  I 
 

VERSE 1: 
       B5 
Working hard to make a living. 
        E5 
bringing shelter from the rain. 
  C#5                  G#5 
A father's son left to carry on. 
      E5               B5 
Blue denim in his veins. 
E5 F#5                    B5 
Woah he's a working class man. 
 

I  B5  I  B5  I  E5  I  E5  I 
 

VERSE 2: 
      B5 
He's a steel time deciple. 
      E5 
He's a legend of his kind. 
      C#5           G#5 
He's running like cyclone  
          E5                 B5 
across the wild made Western sky. 
E5 F#5                    B5 
Woah he's a working class man. 
 

I  B5  I  B5    B5  I 
 
     E5                   B5  
He believes in God and Elvis. 
   E5                B5 
He gets out when he can. 
   E5               B5 
He did his time in Vietnam , 
      G#5         B5 
still mad at Uncle Sam. 
       E5             F#5 
He's a simple man with a heart of gold 
     D#5       E5 
in a complicated life. 
 

G#5         F#5              B5 
Oh, He's a working class man 
 

I  G#5        F#5  I  B5  I 
 
I  G#5        F#5  I  E5  I 
 
      B5 
Well he loves a little woman, 
      E5 
some day he'll make his wife. 
C#5            G#5 
Saving all the overtime, 
      E5            B5 
for the one love of his life. 
       B5 
He ain't worried about tomorrow, 
         E5 
because he just made up his mind. 
C#5                 G#5 
Life's too short for burning bridges, 
      E5           B5 
take it one day at a time. 

 
E5 F#5                    G#5 
Woah he's a working class man 
E5 F#5                    B5 
Woah he's a working class man 
   E5 
oh yeah,  
       G#5 
yes he is 
 

I  E5  I  F#5  I 
 
                    B5 
Well he's a working class man. 
E5 
oh. 
         C#5         G#5                  E5 
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma 
  F#5                        B5 
I tell you he's a working class man. 
                       E5 
Working class, working class man. 
G#5 
yes he is 
                            E5 
Working class, working class man. 
      F#5                        B5 
I wanna tell you he's a working class man. 
                       E5 
Working class, working class man. 
      G#5 
ma ma ma 
                       E5 
Working class, working class man. 
      F#5                        B5 
I gotta tell you he's a working class man 
                       E5 
Working class, working class man. 
G#5                           E5 
      Working class, working class man. 
  F#5                        B5 
I tell you he's a working class man. 
                       E5 
Working class, working class man. 
   G#5 
oh yeah 
                       E5 
Working class, working class man. 
  F#5                           B5 
I tell you he's a working class man.