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[Verse 1]
|                       G#m|E  
    I am so high I can hear heaven
|                       G#m|E  
    I am so high I can hear heaven
                |           G                   A|E  
    Whoa, but heaven...no, heaven don't hear me
[Chorus]
                       |G  
    And they say that a hero could save us
                               A|B  
    I'm not gonna stand here and wait
                       |G  
    I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles
                       A|E  
    Watch as we all fly away
[Verse 2]
|                              G#m|E  
    Someone told me love would all save us
|                                  G#m|E  
    But how can that be look what love gave us
                   |                 G  A  
    A world full of killing and blood spilling
                    |E  
    That world never came
[Chorus]
                       |G  
    And they say that a hero could save us
                               A|B  
    I'm not gonna stand here and wait
                       |G  
    I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles
                       A|E  
    Watch as we all fly away
    |   G    A|   B|   G    A| E  
[Bridge]
                |G  
    Now that the world isn't ending
                                A|B  
    It's love that I'm sending to you
                |G  
    It isn't the love of a hero
                                 A|E  
    And that's why I fear it won't do
[Chorus]
                       |G  
    And they say that a hero could save us
                               A|B  
    I'm not gonna stand here and wait
                       |G  
    I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles
                       A|E  
    Watch as we all fly away
[Outro]
    And they're watching us
|G  
    They're watching us
                 A|B  
    As we all fly away
    And they're watching us
|G  
    They're watching us
                 A|B  
    As we all fly away
    And they're watching us
|G  
    They're watching us
                 A|       E|B  
    As we all fly away

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Hero

by Chad Kroeger

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

[Verse 1]

G#m E

| |

I am so high I can hear heaven

G#m E

| |

I am so high I can hear heaven

G A E

| |

Whoa, but heaven...no, heaven don't hear me

[Chorus]

And they say that a hero could save us

A B

I'm not gonna stand here and wait

I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles

A E

Watch as we all fly away

[Verse 2]

G#m E

| |

Someone told me love would all save us

G#m E

| |

But how can that be look what love gave us

G A

A world full of killing and blood spilling

That world never came

[Chorus]

And they say that a hero could save us

A B

I'm not gonna stand here and wait

I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles

A E

Watch as we all fly away

G A B G A E

| | | |

[Bridge]

Now that the world isn't ending

A B

It's love that I'm sending to you

It isn't the love of a hero

A E

And that's why I fear it won't do

[Chorus]

And they say that a hero could save us

A B

I'm not gonna stand here and wait

I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles

A E

Watch as we all fly away

[Outro]

And they're watching us

They're watching us

A B

As we all fly away

And they're watching us

They're watching us

A B

As we all fly away

And they're watching us

They're watching us

A E B

| |

As we all fly away

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