Heroes
John Gorka

John Gorka
After Yesterday
1998

This tune is one of my favorites off John's latest album.
I hope you guys like to play it as much as I do.  I have
provided only chords, because I can't figure out exactly
what is being played by whom.

Chords

Capo 3rd

INTRO:
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G	C	Em		
C		D


    G            C                Em
They say when it comes to choosing heroes
     C                               D
It's best to pick the ones who aren't around
      C                       G            D/F#    Em
If you choose among the living you tend to have misgivings
C                 D
   When your hero lets you down
   C                D                G
He might have had a bad night in your town

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G	C  C/B	D/A


And so I will not name my heroes
And I'll keep my distance when I can
But if time should bend or break them I hope I won't forsake them
If by chance they need a friend
Or need to walk on ordinary ground


God knows it must be tough to be a hero
To wake up in a hero's state of mind
They say it's hard to be heroic much easier to blow it
When somebody's watching all the time
And you're dancing on the thin edge of a dime

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G		C

BRIDGE and SOLO
              Am     Em
They say it's hard so hard
              Am          D
They say it's hard hard ain't it hard

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G	C	Em		
C		D


If someday I'm mistaken for a hero
I only hope it's after I'm gone
Some of us are heroes some of us are zeroes
Wannabes who never were the one
But who is who when all is said and done


They say when it comes to choosing heroes
It's best to pick the ones who aren't around
If you choose among the living you tend to have misgivings
When your hero lets you down
He might have had a bad night in your town

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G	C	D

play outro:
C                        D
   She might have had a bad night
C             D
   I hope he has a good night
C                  D              G
   I hope they have a good night in your town

C		D

C                 D            G
   I hope he has a good night in your town

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G	C	D
C	D	G



CHORDS:

C/B	x2x010
D/A	x00232

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.