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I Cant Be Your Hero

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 01:19:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Arleen Myers <myera@ruby.ils.unc.edu>
Subject: Jimmy Buffett "I Can't Be Your Hero Today"
@SONG I Can't Be Your Hero Today
By: Jimmy Buffett
1970
(See below for explanation of chord symbols)
         D D D D  D D D D D D
[Intro:  @ + *    @ + * + * ]
     D                         G
It's never been the same since you returned from dreamin'
          A                          D
With your nursery rhyme excuses your picture postcards gleamin'
        Bm                                G
Tellin' everyone who looks your way 'bout people and their sinnin'
          E                                 A
While you left field verse is fallin' in proportion to your winnin'
      D            D     D D
                   *     + *
And I can't be your hero today
    D               D               A
                    *               
I'm through with the simple games you play
   G                  D              E           A
It just may take some time for me to even up the score
      G             A                 D
But I can't be your soldier home from war
And there you sit shouting that there's still hope for us
While nature holds the handcuffs on a Capricorn and Taurus
There's nothing you can do or say to get me to your camp
Go fill up all your savings books and buy yourself a lamp
And I can't be your hero today
Your wholesale price is much to high to pay
A bargain basement atmosphere is no way to sell love
And I can't be your Superman above
[interlude: play intro chords]
No I can't be your hero today
That is all I really want to say
   G                               A
Go find a leading man who wants to play
      G             A      D
And I can't be your hero today
                  DDD D D      D D D D
[repeat and fade:   + * +   DD + * + ]
---------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagrams:   D - |xxo232|   D@ - |xxo787|   D+ - |xxo675--|
                  D* - |xxo453|   A - |oo222o|   Bm - |xxo432--|
                  G - |32ooo3|    E - |o221oo|
--------------------------------------------------------------
transcribed by Arleen Myers (myera@ils.unc.edu) August '95
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I Cant Be Your Hero chords and lyrics

Free chords for I Cant Be Your Hero by Jimmy Buffett. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 01:19:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Arleen Myers 
Subject: Jimmy Buffett "I Can't Be Your Hero Today"
@SONG I Can't Be Your Hero Today
By: Jimmy Buffett
1970
(See below for explanation of chord symbols)
[Intro:  D@ D+ D* D   D@ D+ D* D+ D* D]
And there you sit shouting that there's still hope for us
While nature holds the handcuffs on a Capricorn and Taurus
There's nothing you can do or say to get me to your camp
Go fill up all your savings books and buy yourself a lamp
And I can't be your hero today
Your wholesale price is much to high to pay
A bargain basement atmosphere is no way to sell love
And I can't be your Superman above
[interlude: play intro chords]
No I can't be your hero today
That is all I really want to say
[repeat and fade: D D D+ D* D+   DD D+ D* D+ D]

I Cant Be Your Hero Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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