Only 3 Chords are used throughout the song.
[Em] [D] [C]
e|----7-----5-----3----------|
B|----8-----7-----5----------|
G|----9-----7-----5----------|
D|----9-----7-----5----------|
A|----7-----5-----3----------|
E|---------------------------|
Intro
This same pattern plays through almost the entire song.
[Em] [Em] [D] [D] [D] [D] [C] [C] [D] [D] [D] [D]
After 2 times another guitar plays this riff that is also played several times in the song:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/12--/12------8-10-8-----8-10--------/12--/12-----8-10-8----8--------|
G|-----------------------9----------------------------------9-----------| x2
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
[Em] [D] [C]
Am I a hero?
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
Am I a hero now?
[Em] [D] [C]
Am I a hero?
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
Am I a hero now?
Yeah
Verse
[Em] [D] [C]
Please
don't shoot me down
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
I love you like a brother
[Em] [D] [C]
It's on the news again
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [C]
I guess they killed another
Chorus
[Em] [D] [C]
Am I a hero?
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
Am I a hero now?
[Em] [D] [C]
Am I a hero?
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
Am I a hero now?
Break
This is the only part of the song that is different.
[C] [Em] [D]
Oh, we all get told to go alone
[C] [Em] [D]
Oh, we know it's hard for sure; We know
[D]
We know
Chorus
[Em] [D] [C]
Am I a hero?
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
Am I a hero now?
[Em] [D] [C]
To die a hero
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
Is all that we know now
Solo
[Em] [D] [C]
Am I a hero?
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
A fallen hero now?
[Em] [D] [C]
Hear my sin Lord
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
So he ain't no hero now
[Em] [D] [C]
Am I a hero?
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
My gun to reload now
[Em] [D] [C]
A broken people
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]
There go a hero now
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