G                                       C
Working hard to make a living, bringing shelter from the rain
  Am                    Em              C             G
A fathers son left to carry on, blue denim in his veins
C      D                       G       C
Oh oh oh he's a working class man

              G                           C                        Am
well he's a steel town disciple, he's a legend of his kind, he's running like
   Em                  C                G
a cyclone across the wild mid western sky
C     D                        G
oh oh oh he's a working class man

     Em                 G         C                G
he believes in God and Elvis, he gets out when he can
     C                G           Em             G
he did his time in Vietnam, still mad at Uncle Sam
        C                 D                  Bm          C
he's a simple man with a heart of gold in a complicated land
 Em        D             G
oh, he's a working class man

[Break]
Em  D  G    Em  D  C (hold)

G                                C
well he loves a little woman, someday he'll make his wife
Am              Em               C              G
saving all the overtime for the one love of his life
            G
he ain't worried about tomorrow
             C
cause he just made up his mind
Am                        Em
life's too short for burning bridges
C                      G
take it one day at a time
C      D                       Em
oh oh oh, he's a working class man [BV - OOOH, OOOH, OOOH]
C      D                       G          C           Em
oh oh oh, he's a working class man.. oh yeah, yes he is
C   D                             G
      well, he's a working class man
    C     Em   C
Oh,   na na na (etc)
   D                            G
I tell you he's a working class man

[BV - WORKING CA SS, WORKING CA SS MAN.. (D PEAT x4)]

Chords over: G  C  Em  D   G

[Ending]
   D                            G
I tell you he's a working class man