transcribed by Damian Rossi 
 
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WORKING CLASS MAN -- JIMMY BARNES 
 
INTRO: 
 
I  B  I  B  I  E  I  E  I  G#m  I  G#m  I   E  I  F#  I 
 
VERSE 1: 
	 B 
Working hard to make a living. 
	  E 
bringing shelter from the rain. 
  C#m			G#m 
A father's son left to carry on. 
      E		   B 
Blue denim in his veins. 
E F#			  B 
Woah he's a working class man. 
 
I  B  I  B  I  E  I  E  I 
 
VERSE 2: 
	B 
He's a steel time deciple. 
	E 
He's a legend of his kind. 
      C#m	     G#m 
He's running like cyclone  
	    E		     B 
across the wild made Western sky. 
E F#m			  B 
Woah he's a working class man. 
 
I  B  I  B    B/Bb  I 
 
     E		       B  
He believes in God and Elvis. 
   E		    B 
He gets out when he can. 
   E		   B 
He did his time in Vietnam, 
      G#m	   B 
still mad at Uncle Sam. 
       E		 F# 
He's a simple man with a heart of gold 
     D#m	 E 
in a complicated life. 
 
G#m	   F#	 	 B 
Oh, He's a working class man 
 
I  G#m	  F#  I  B  I 
 
I  G#m	  F#  I  E  I 
 
	B 
Well he loves a little woman, 
      E 
some day he'll make his wife. 
C#m		G#m 
Saving all the overtime, 
	E		B 
for the one love of his life. 
	 B 
He ain't worried about tomorrow, 
	   E 
because he just made up his mind. 
C#m		     G#m 
Life's too short for burning bridges, 
	E	     B 
take it one day at a time. 
 
E F#			  G#m 
Woah he's a working class man 
E F#			  B 
Woah he's a working class man 
   E 
oh yeah,  
       G#m 
yes he is 
 
I  E  I  F#  I 
 
			  B 
Well he's a working class man. 
E 
oh. 
         C#m         G#m			E 
ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma 
  F#				B 
I tell you he's a working class man. 
			     E 
Working class, working class man. 
G#m 
yes he is 
	     		     E 
Working class, working class man. 
	F#			      B 
I wanna tell you he's a working class man. 
			     E 
Working class, working class man. 
      G#m 
ma ma ma 
			     E 
Working class, working class man. 
	F#			      B 
I gotta tell you he's a working class man 
			     E 
Working class, working class man. 
G#m				   E 
      Working class, working class man. 
  F#				B 
I tell you he's a working class man. 
			     E 
Working class, working class man. 
   G#m 
oh yeah 
			     E 
Working class, working class man. 
  F#   				B 
I tell you he's a working class man.