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Hero by Michael Kiwanuka
Hero
Tuning: E A D G B E
Only 3 Chords are used throughout the song.
Em D C
e|----7-----5-----3----------|
B|----8-----7-----5----------|
G|----9-----7-----5----------|
D|----9-----7-----5----------|
A|----7-----5-----3----------|
E|---------------------------|
[Intro]
This same pattern plays through almost the entire song.
Em Em D D D D C C D D D D
After 2 times another guitar plays this riff that is also played several times in the song:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/12--/12------8-10-8-----8-10--------/12--/12-----8-10-8----8--------|
G|-----------------------9----------------------------------9-----------| x2
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Em D C
Am I a hero?
D Em D C D
Am I a hero now?
Em D C
Am I a hero?
D Em D C D
Am I a hero now?
Yeah
[Verse]
Em D C
Please
don't shoot me down
D Em D C D
I love you like a brother
Em D C
It's on the news again
D Em D C C
I guess they killed another
[Chorus]
Em D C
Am I a hero?
D Em D C D
Am I a hero now?
Em D C
Am I a hero?
D Em D C D
Am I a hero now?
[Break]
This is the only part of the song that is different.
C Em D
Oh, we all get told to go alone
C Em D
Oh, we know it's hard for sure; We know
D
We know
[Chorus]
Em D C
Am I a hero?
D Em D C D
Am I a hero now?
Em D C
To die a hero
D Em D C D
Is all that we know now
[Solo]
Em D C
Am I a hero?
D Em D C D
A fallen hero now?
Em D C
Hear my sin Lord
D Em D C D
So he ain't no hero now
Em D C
Am I a hero?
D Em D C D
My gun to reload now
Em D C
A broken people
D Em D C D
There go a hero now
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
Yeah
Please don't shoot me down
I love you like a brother
It's on the news again
I guess they killed another
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
To die a hero
Is all that we know now
Oh, we all get told to go along
Oh, we know it's all for show
We know, we know
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
To die a hero
Is all that we know now
Yeah
Am I a hero?
A fallen hero now?
Hear my sin Lord
Speak no evil now
Am I a hero?
My gun to reload now
A broken people
There go a hero now
| / Slide up
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Em
Intro
Tuned down a full step, with E minor, D & C shapes. There's some variations across the intro but it follows
the same progression throughout.
D|--------0------------2------------3------------2-----|
A|--------0------------3------------1------------3-----|
F|--------0---------2--2------------0---------2--2-----|
C|--------2------0-----0--0------2--2------0-----0--0--|
G|-----2----------------------3--------3---------------|
D|--0--------0-----------------------------------------|
[Hero - Main Track - Standard Tuning]
[Main Chords]
Em D C
e|----7-----5-----3----------|
B|----8-----7-----5----------|
G|----9-----7-----5----------|
D|----9-----7-----5----------|
A|----7-----5-----3----------|
E|---------------------------|
[Break]
Fmaj7 Em D
e|----8------7-----5----------|
B|----10-----8-----7----------|
G|----9------9-----7----------|
D|----10-----9-----7----------|
A|----8------7-----5----------|
E|----------------------------|
[Main lick]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10/12--10/12-----8-10-8----8-10--------10/12--10/12-----8-10-8----8-----|
G|-------------------------9--------------------------------------9--------| x2
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
Yeah
Please don't shoot me down
I love you like a brother
It's on the news again
I guess they killed another
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
To die a hero
Is all that we know now
Oh, we all get told to go along
Oh, we know it's all for show
We know, we know
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
To die a hero
Is all that we know now
Yeah
Am I a hero?
A fallen hero now?
Hear my sin Lord
Speak no evil now
Am I a hero?
My gun to reload now
A broken people
There go a hero now
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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version 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Em
[Intro]
e|----------------------------|
B|-10/12-10/12-8h10p8---8-10--|
G|--------------------9-------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
Yeah
Please don't shoot me down
I love you like a brother
It's on the news again
I guess they killed another
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
To die a hero
Is all that we know now
Oh, we all get told to go along
Oh, we know it's all for show
We know, we know
Am I a hero?
Am I a hero now?
To die a hero
Is all that we know now
Yeah
Am I a hero?
A fallen hero now?
Hear my sin Lord
Speak no evil now
Am I a hero?
My gun to reload now
A broken people
There go a hero now
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
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