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When I was young I used to trade my comic books for homemade guns
F# E A
and little cowboys on the run were killers just like me.
We'd hang those dirty outlaws high
D E
with rawhide ropes and binder twine.
F#
Red Rider was a friend of mine,
E A
A hero just for me.
A D E
I remember when we stole a can of tobacco from the hired hands
F#
and seein' as how we were workin' men
E A
we smoked 'til we were green.
A
And we could spit and we could fight,
D E
And we'd believe each other's lies,
F#
Riding fast and ridin' high
E A
For all the world to see.
CHORUS
D A
Whatever happened to my heroes,
D A E
They don't make 'em like they did in '54.
A
But they were there when I needed them,
D
I wish they's all come back again,
A E A
'cause I don't have no heroes anymore.
A
They traveled through my memories,
D E
Those riders in a legacy
F#
I know they all remembered me,
E A
They called me by my name.
Then, like a ghost from yesterday,
D E
My heroes thunder on their way
F# E A
Back into a lonely grave for all eternity
CHORUS
D A
Whatever happened to my heroes,
D A E
They don't make 'em like they did in '54.
A
But they were there when I needed them,
D
I wish they's all come back again,
A E A
'cause I don't have no heroes anymore.
CHORUS (TWICE)
D A
Whatever happened to my heroes,
D A E
They don't make 'em like they did in '54.
A
But they were there when I needed them,
D
I wish they's all come back again,
A E A
'cause I don't have no heroes anymore.
D A
Whatever happened to my heroes,
D A E
They don't make 'em like they did in '54.
A
But they were there when I needed them,
D
I wish they's all come back again,
A E A
'cause I don't have no heroes anymore.
