----NOTES----
Live version is 1/2-step down:
-> use these chord shapes but with the guitar tuned down 1/2 step.
Dsus4 to D: these are two beats each; otherwise, everything lasts for four beats.
G6 can be played xx5430.
Often played as plain G in acoustic performances.
Source of G6:
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v
e|----------3------------------------|
B|-/5----------1/3-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
/ = slide up
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ORDER: V1 PC1 C1 C2 C3 V2 PC2 C4 B PC3 C5 C6
[VERSE 1]
Am
Don’t tell the gods I left a mess
Am/C D
I can’t undo what has been done
Am Am
Let’s run for cover
Am
What if I’m the only hero left
Am/C D
You better fire off your gun
Am Am
Once and forever
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
Am
He said, "Go dry your eyes
and live your life
Am/C D
like there is no tomorrow, son
Am
And tell the others
Am
To go sing it like a hummingbird
Am/C D n.c.
The greatest anthem ever heard"
[CHORUS 1]
Fmaj7 Am G6
We are the heroes of our time
Dsus4 D Fmaj7 Am G6
But we’re dancing with the demons in our minds
[CHORUS 2]
Dsus4 D Fmaj7
We are the heroes of our time
Am G6
Heroes....
Dsus4 D Fmaj7
But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
Am G6 n.c.
Heroes...
[CHORUS 3]
Fmaj7
We are the heroes of our time
Am G6
Heroes....
Dsus4 D Fmaj7
But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
Am G6 D
Heroes...
[VERSE 2]
Am
The crickets sing a song for you
Am/C D
Don’t say a word don’t make a sound -
Am Am
It’s life's creation
Am
I make worms turn into butterflies,
Am/C D
wake up, and turn this world around
Am
in appreciation
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
Am
He said, I never left your side -
Am/C D
when you were lost I followed right behind,
Am
was your foundation -
Am
Now, go sing it like a hummingbird,
Am/C D
the greatest anthem ever heard
n.c.
(Now sing together)
[CHORUS 4]
Fmaj7
We are the heroes of our time
Am G6
Heroes....
Dsus4 D Fmaj7
But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
Am G6 D
Heroes...
We are the heroes
[BRIDGE]
Fmaj7 Am
(We keep dancing with the demons)
G D
(You could be a hero)
[PRE-CHROUS 3]
Fmaj7
Now go sing it like a hummingbird
Am G
The greatest anthem ever heard
n.c. n.c.
Now sing together
[CHORUS 5]
Fmaj7
We are the heroes of our time
Am G6
Heroes....
Dsus4 D Fmaj7
But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
Am G6 D
Heroes...
[CHORUS 6]
Fmaj7
We are the heroes of our time
(We keep dancing
Am G6
Heroes....
with the demons, you could be a hero)
Dsus4 D Fmaj7
But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
(We keep dancing
Am G6 D
Heroes....
with the demons, you could be a hero)
Am
We are the heroes
