Main riff for intro and verses:

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I, I wish you could swim. Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim

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Though nothing, nothing will keep us together. We can beat them forever and ever
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Oh we can be Heroes... just for one day

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I, I will be King. And you, you will be Queen
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For nothing will drive them away. We can be heroes, just for one day
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We can be us .....just for one day  

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I, I can remember (I remember). Standing by the wall (By the wall)
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And the guards shot above our heads (Over our heads)
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And we kissed as though nothing would fall (Nothing could fall)
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And the shame was on the other side. Oh we can beat them... forever and ever
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Then we can be Heroes just for one day

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We can be Heroes...  We can be Heroes
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We can be Heroes just for one day  We can be Heroes