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Heroes

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1/7

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 7Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

** A lot of the time the "M7" or "M9" extensions
  of chords should actually be add11s, with Gs being
  played on strings over a DM7 chord, etc.
INTRO
   (strings)
e||Emadd43--||          ----|----|----|----||
B||5--||(continue)----|----|----|----||
G||2--||          ----|----|----|----||
D||---||----|----|----|----|--0-|----||
A||---||----|----|----|----|0---|----||
E||---||0---|0-0-|----|2---|----|----||
VERSE II
Em9I, I Em/F#wish I could Dsusswim
Like Emdolphins, like Em/F#dolphins can Gsusswim
Though Asusnothing will keep us toEmgether
We can Asusbeat them forever and CM7everEm/B  Em/G  
Oh, we can be Dheroes
 D/F#Just for one Gday
Oh, we can be D/F#heroes
Just for one CM9day
VERSE II
DM7I, I will be Emking
And Dyou, you will be CqueenEm  
          Bm                 EmD7add4
Though nothing will drive us away
Oh, we can be GM9heroesEm  
Just for one Dday
Oh, we can be usGM  CM9  
Just for one Dday
 Em9|  CM9  
VERSE
DM7I, I can CM9remember
DM7Standing, standing by the CM9wallEm9  CM9  
And the DM7guards shout above our GM7heads
And we DM7kiss as though nothing could GM7fall
And the DM7shame,  Emthe shame is on the otheD/F#r side
Oh, we can beaEmt them
Forever and Dever
And we can be CM9heroes
Just for one DM7day
OUTRO
   (strings)
DM7======================================================

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Heroes

by Peter Gabriel

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em9

Em/F#

Dsus

Gsus

Asus

CM7

Em/B

Em/G

D/F#

CM9

DM7

GM9

GM7

** A lot of the time the "M7" or "M9" extensions

of chords should actually be add11s, with Gs being

played on strings over a DM7 chord, etc.

INTRO

(strings)

Emadd4

e||3--|| ----|----|----|----||

B||5--||(continue)----|----|----|----||

G||2--|| ----|----|----|----||

D||---||----|----|----|----|--0-|----||

A||---||----|----|----|----|0---|----||

E||---||0---|0-0-|----|2---|----|----||

VERSE II

Em9 Em/F# Dsus

I, I wish I could swim

Em Em/F# Gsus

Like dolphins, like dolphins can swim

Asus Em

Though nothing will keep us together

Asus CM7 Em/B Em/G

We can beat them forever and ever

Oh, we can be heroes

D/F# G

Just for one day

D/F#

Oh, we can be heroes

CM9

Just for one day

VERSE II

DM7 Em

I, I will be king

D C Em

And you, you will be queen

Bm Em

D7add4

Though nothing will drive us away

GM9 Em

Oh, we can be heroes

Just for one day

GM CM9

Oh, we can be us

Just for one day

Em9 CM9

VERSE

DM7 CM9

I, I can remember

DM7 CM9 Em9 CM9

Standing, standing by the wall

DM7 GM7

And the guards shout above our heads

DM7 GM7

And we kiss as though nothing could fall

DM7 Em D/F#

And the shame, the shame is on the other side

Oh, we can beat them

Forever and ever

CM9

And we can be heroes

DM7

Just for one day

OUTRO

(strings)

DM7

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