INTRO: 
 
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VERSE 1: 
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Working hard to make a living. 
        D 
bringing shelter from the rain. 
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A father's son left to carry on. 
      D               A 
Blue denim in his veins. 
D E                           A 
Whoa he's a working class man. 
 

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VERSE 2: 
      A 
He's a steel time disciple. 
      D 
He's a legend of his kind. 
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He's running like cyclone  
            D                 A 
across the wild made Western sky. 
D Em                          A 
Whoa he's a working class man. 
 

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

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Oh, He's a working class man 
 

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

D E                  F#m 
Woah he's a working class man 
D E                    A 
Woah he's a working class man 
   D 
oh yeah,  
       F#m 
yes he is 
 

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                    A 
Well he's a working class man. 
D 
oh. 
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ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma 
  E                        A 
I tell you he's a working class man. 
                       D 
Working class, working class man. 
F#m 
yes he is 
                            D 
Working class, working class man. 
      E                        A 
I wanna tell you he's a working class man. 
                       D 
Working class, working class man. 
      F#m 
ma ma ma 
                       D 
Working class, working class man. 
      E                        A 
I gotta tell you he's a working class man 
                       D 
Working class, working class man. 
F#m                           D 
      Working class, working class man. 
  E                        A 
I tell you he's a working class man. 
                       D 
Working class, working class man. 
   F#m 
oh yeah 
                       D 
Working class, working class man. 
  E                           A 
I tell you he's a working class man.