{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2255811,"song":"Yesterdays Hero","artist":"John Paul Young","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11474952-yesterdays-hero-chords-by-john-paul-young/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2255811?type=chord","rating":4.97372,"votes":22,"content":"Writers: Harry Vanda & George Young (1975)\r\n\r\nNotes:\r\nPlay the Pre-Chorus the same as the Intro.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n(with pickup bar)\r\n &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  \r\n [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]                      |               [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]|\r\n          |[ch]G[/ch]                      |               [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]|\r\n          |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]|\r\n          |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n                 \r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              \r\n  When I walk down the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n    See the people who stop and stare and say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHaven't I seen that face somewhere a long time ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         \r\n  When I walk down the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n    See the stranger who says, \"Why, hi,\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith a, \"How you going, buddy?\"\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen you walked on by I thought I'd say hello[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThey say:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHaven't I seen your face before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWeren't you the boy that used to live next door,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWeren't you on television ev'ry night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       \r\nHaven't I seen you round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Take a look at me, I'm yesterday's hero,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYesterday's hero, that's all I'll be.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake a look at me, I'm yesterday's hero,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd yesterday's hero, is all that I'm gonna be[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I don't get together,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake a new start and be somebody better,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll that I'll be if I don't get together now.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                \r\n  When you walk down the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n    If you know me, then pass me by,[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf you wonder what I'm doing don't ask me why,\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't read the news.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  When you walk down the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n    If you're sorry then don't feel bad,[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf you followed my story, then just be glad,\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou ain't in my shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBecause[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHaven't you seen my face before,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYes, I was the boy who used to live next door,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYes, I was on television ev'ry night,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        \r\nHaven't you seen me round.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Take a look at me, I'm yesterday's hero,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYesterday's hero, that's all I'll be.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake a look at me, I'm yesterday's hero,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd yesterday's hero, is all that I'm gonna be[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I don't get together,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake a new start and be somebody better,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll that I'll be if I don't get together now.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  \r\n [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]                      |               [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]|\r\n          |[ch]G[/ch]                      |               [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]|\r\n          |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]|\r\n          |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n(Key change)\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                    [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n          Yesterday's hero[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYesterday's hero[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nOh ohohoh ohohoh[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nYesterday's hero[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYesterday's hero[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nOooooooooooow  Huh Huh Huh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n                Take a look at yesterdays's newspaper[/tab]\r\n(Yesterday's hero                               Yesterday's)\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n       Aaaaargh[/tab]\r\n(Hero             Oh ohohoh ohohoh)\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                         [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n   Huh huh huh huh-huh Hey yeah  [/tab]\r\n              (Yesterday's hero)\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYesterday,    Yesterday's hero huh huh oh[/tab]\r\n    (Yesterday's hero                  Oh ohohoh ohohoh)","plain_text":"Writers: Harry Vanda & George Young (1975)\n\nNotes:\nPlay the Pre-Chorus the same as the Intro.\n\n\n[Intro]\n(with pickup bar)\n &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  \n E  F  F# |G                      |               E  F  F#|\n          |G                      |               E  F  F#|\n          |G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G |G  G  G  G  G  E  F  F#|\n          |G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G |G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G |\n                 \n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith a, \"How you going, buddy?\"\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nIf you wonder what I'm doing don't ask me why,\n\n\n\n\nIf you followed my story, then just be glad,\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  \n E  F  F# |G                      |               E  F  F#|\n          |G                      |               E  F  F#|\n          |G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G |G  G  G  G  G  E  F  F#|\n          |G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G |G  G  G  G  G  G  G  G |\n\n[Outro]\n(Key change)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Yesterday's hero                               Yesterday's)\n\n(Hero             Oh ohohoh ohohoh)\n\n              (Yesterday's hero)\n\n    (Yesterday's hero                  Oh ohohoh ohohoh)","chords":["E","F","F#","G","C","C#","G#"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}