This is a fun song to play. It's got an interesting structure but the chords are very simple.
Standard tuning - No Capo
See below for chorus and chords
C C
Well!
D G C
Didn't you look sharp in your boots when you met me on the path? Oh
D G C
Two tone to downtown Beirut but only half way back. Oh
Em G
Stealing bits of wisdom from the shelf
Em C D
Turned prisons into prisms on the self. Oh Oh
D G C
And what do they know about the spring time of me and you? Ooh
D G C
Born in the midst of the long hot summer we lived through. Ooh
Em G
Did they see you run for every rhyme?
Em C D
Did we run for running out of time? Oh Oh
Chorus:
D G D G
When even heroes have to
D G
die i i i i (hah)
D G
No one lives forever, love
D G
And no one's wise to try
D5 E5
Oh oh oh Ah ah ah
D5 E5
Oh oh oh Ah ah ah etc.
Play D5 / E5 through the solo
Em G
Adding our own wisdom to the shelf
Em C D
Stealing bits of paper, we had health. Oh Oh
D G C
Working away did we miss the passing of the time? Oh
D G C
In your own flame you can wither, but your passions still outshine. Oh
Em G
Did you read the writing on the wall?
Em C D
Prophesying a doom upon us all. Oh Oh
Chorus:
D G D G
When even heroes have to
D G
die i i i i
D G
No one lives forever, love
D G
And no one's wise to try
D5 E5
Oh oh oh Ah ah ah
D5 E5
Oh oh oh Ah ah ah etc.
Em G
But hidden in the writing on the wall
Em C
Many are the beauties of the fall.
Chords Used
Em 022000
G 3x0033
C x32010
D xx0232
D5 xx023x
E5 xx245x
The guitar part in the hook goes as follows:
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------| x8
"when even heroes have to die..."
The Solo!!!:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7h9-----7-7-------7h9--7------------------------------|
A|----------------------------9---7---5-5-7-5-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------7----------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------9h11---11---9-11-9-7-|
D|----------------------------7---9---7-----7----------------------|
A|----5-5------5-7----5-7-9----------------------------------------|
E|--7--------7-----------------------------------------------------|
