Hero  (1993)     (video)

 

    A - D - G - D (4x)

 

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1. It was one of those great stories      that you can‘t put down at night,

A                    D                  G         D                 A          D       G       - D

    the hero knew what he had to do, and he wasn‘t afraid to fight.

A                     D         G   - D                  A  D            G  - D

    The villain goes to jail        while the hero goes free,

A       D         G            D             A   - D - G - D

    I wish it were that simple for me.

 

                D          A          D           - Bm                D           A               D

And the reason that she loved him        was the reason I loved him, too,

        D               A               D           Bm          A                      G

and he never wondered what was right or wrong, he just knew,

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he just knew.

 

+  A - D - G - D (4x)

 

         A                   D      G      D              A     - D - G - D

2. Shadow and shape mix together at dawn,   

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    but by the time you catch them, simplicity‘s gone.

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    So, we sort through the pieces,             my friends and I,   

        A                D              G                D             A      D          G   - D

    searching through the darkness to find the breaks in the sky.

 

                D          A          D           - Bm                D           A               D

And the reason that she loved him        was the reason I loved him, too,

        D               A               D           Bm          A                      G

and he never wondered what was right or wrong, he just knew,

                 A

he just knew.

 

+  A - D - G - D (4x)

 

                    D       - C                 D        - G  

+  And we wonder,      yes, we wonder,

              D                   C            D  - G

    how do you make sense of this,  

                     D C  D            G        - D                G                  A

    when the hero kills the maiden        with his kiss, with his kiss.

 

+  A - D - G - D (4x)

 

                A                    D        G     - D                A             D           G   - D

3. It was one of those great stories      that you can‘t put down at night,

A                    D                  G         D                 A          D       G       - D

    the hero knew what he had to do, and he wasn‘t afraid to fight.

A                     D         G   - D                  A  D            G  - D

    The villain goes to jail        while the hero goes free,

A       D         G            D             A   - D - G

    I wish it were that simple for me.

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    were that simple for me.

 

+  A - D - G - D (4x) ….

 

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (David Crosby)