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"Heroes" - by John Gorka 1998 (from the CD "After Yesterday")

Capo on 1st fret

     A                D                 F#m
They say that when it comes to choosing heroes

     D                                  E
It's best to pick the ones who aren't around

       D                            A               F#m
If you choose among the living, you tend to have misgivings

D                E
When your hero lets you down

   D                E                 A    
He might have had a bad night in your town


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 dancing on the thin edge of a dime

              Bm      F#m                  Bm            E
They say it's hard, so hard, they say it's hard, ain't it hard


If someday I'm mistaken for a hero
I only hope it's after I am 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