INTRO: G  C  Em   C   D   

     G                C                 Em
They say that when it comes to choosing heroes
     C                                 D
It's best to pick the ones who aren't around
       C
If you choose among the living
    G       D       Em       C
You tend to have misgivings
               D
When your hero lets you down
   C                D                 G      C Em D
He might have had a bad night in your town


    G    C                Em
And so I will not name my heroes
C                                D
And I'll keep my distance when I can
       C
But if time should bend or break them
  G      D        Em        C
I hope I won't forsake them
                  D
If by chance they need a friend
   C               D        G       C Em D
Or need to walk on ordinary ground


    G                C             Em
God knows it must be tough to be a hero
   C                            D
To wake up in a hero's state of mind
              C                  G
They say it's hard to be heroic
         D     Em       C
It's easier to blow it
                         D
When somebody's watching all the time
           C              D              G      C 
And you're dancing on the thin edge of a dime


BRIDGE:
              Am       
They say it's hard
   Em
So hard
              Am
They say it's hard, hard
         D
Ain't it hard


INTERLUDE: G  C  Em   C   G D


   G              C           Em
If someday I'm mistaken for a hero
  C                         D      C
I only hope it's after I am gone
                        G
Some of us are heroes
        D      Em     C
Some of us are zeros
                   D
Wannabes who never were the one
     C               D               G      C Em D
But, who is who when all is said and done?


     G                C                 Em
They say that when it comes to choosing heroes
     C                                 D
It's best to pick the ones who aren't around
       C
If you choose among the living
    G       D       Em       C
You tend to have misgivings
               D
When your hero lets you down
   C                D                 G     C    D
He might have had a bad night in your town


OUTRO: 
   C                D         C   
He might have had a bad night
                D           C
I hope he has a good night
                   D                  G     C   D
I hope they have a good night in your town
  C             D                  G     C   D   G   D   G
I hope he has a good night in your town