Biography:
Jimmy Barnes (b. 1956) is an Australian rock singer.
Barnes was born James Dixon Swan on the 28th April 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland, and moved to Australia with his family when he was six years old.
He first came to public attention as the lead singer with popular Australian pub-rock band Cold Chisel, which he joined in 1973 and with whom he recorded seven albums between 1978 and 1983. When the band split up in 1983 he launched a solo career almost immediately; his first album, Bodyswerve, entered the Australian charts at number one.
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Other songs:
- Because You Wanted It
- Bird On A Wire
- Heart Cries Alone
- Id Die To Be With You Tonight
- Im Still On Your Side
- Largs Pier Hotel
- Lay Down Your Guns
- Love Is Enough
- Lover Lover
- No Second Prize
- Ride The Night Away
- Simply The Best
- Still Got A Long Way To Go
- Stone Cold
- The Weight
- Too Much Aint Enough Love
- Waiting For The Heartache
- When Your Love Is Gone
- Without Your Love
- Working Class Man
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WORKING CLASS MAN
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 [STOP]
Em D G
oh [quiet] he's a working class man
[break play: 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 CLASS, WORKING CLASS MAN..(REPEAT x 4)]
Chords over: G C Em D G
[END:]
D G
I tell you he's a working class man
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 [STOP]
Em D G
oh [quiet] he's a working class man
[break play: 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 CLASS, WORKING CLASS MAN..(REPEAT x 4)]
Chords over: G C Em D G
[END:]
D G
I tell you he's a working class man
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