Intro: D G D G (With Riff 1)
Verse 1 (With Riff 2)
D G D G
I, I wish you could swim. Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
(Riff 3)
C D C D
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together. We can beat them forever and ever
C G D
Oh we can be Heroes... just for one day
D G D G
D G D G
I, I will be King. And you, you will be Queen
C D C G D
For nothing will drive them away. We can be heroes, just for one day
Am Em D
We can be us .....just for one day
D G D G
I, I can remember (I remember). Standing by the wall (By the wall)
D G
And the guards shot above our heads (Over our heads)
D G
And we kissed as though nothing would fall (Nothing could fall)
C D Am Em D
And the shame was on the other side. Oh we can beat them... forever and ever
C G D........ D
Then we can be Heroes just for one day
D G D G D
We can be Heroes... We can be Heroes
G D G
We can be Heroes just for one day We can be Heroes
Riff 2 (Verses)
E|---------| x4 |---------| x4
B|-3-3-3-3-| |---------|
G|-2-2-2-2-| |---------|
D|-0-0-0-0-| |---------|
A|-0-0-2-0-| |-5-5-7-5-|
E|---------| |-3-3-3-3-|
Riff 2 (Verses)
E|---------| x4 |---------| x4
B|-3-3-3-3-| |---------|
G|-2-2-4-2-| |---------|
D|-0-0-0-0-| |---------|
A|---------| |-5-5-7-5-|
E|---------| |-3-3-3-3-|
Riff 3 (Keyboard fill for guitar)
E|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|-7b8r7-5-7-----7b8r7-5-7----7b8r75-7----|-7b8r7-5-7----7b8r7-5-7---7b8r7-5-7----|
G|-----------7-------------7--------------|-----------5------------4--------------|
D|-------------------------------------7--|------------------------------------7--|
A|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|---------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------7-9--|--(9)----9b10r(9)p7-9-9b10==|==(9)r(9)p7---7-9-9b10--9-7-|
D|--(7)-------7-9------|----------------------------|------------9---------------|
A|--------7s9----------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
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David Bowie - Heroes (Album version/12")
Intro: D G D G
D G D G
I, I will be King. And you, you will be Queen
C D C G D
For nothing will drive them away. We can beat them, just for one day
Am Em D
We can be heroes, just for one day
D G D G
And you, you can be mean. And I, I'll drink all the time
D G D G
'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact. Yes we're lovers, and that is that
C D C G D
Though nothing will keep us together. We could steal time, just for one day
Am Em D
We can be heroes, for ever and ever. What d'you say?
D G D G
D G D G
I, I wish you could swim. Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
C D C D
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together. We can beat them forever and ever
C G D
Oh we can be Heroes... just for one day
D G D G
D G D G
I, I will be King. And you, you will be Queen
C D C G D
For nothing will drive them away. We can be heroes, just for one day
Am Em D
We can be us .....just for one day
D G D G
I, I can remember (I remember). Standing by the wall (By the wall)
D G
And the guards shot above our heads (Over our heads)
D G
And we kissed as though nothing would fall (Nothing could fall)
C D Am Em D
And the shame was on the other side. Oh we can beat them forever and ever
C G D........ D
Then we can be Heroes just for one day
D G D G D
We can be Heroes... We can be Heroes
G D
We can be Heroes just for one day
G
We can be Heroes
C D
We're nothing, and nothing will help us
C D
Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay
C G D
But we could be safer, just for one day
(Fades out)
Oh-oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohh,
just for one day