Chords
Heroes

Heroes is a song by David Bowie, written in collaboration with Brian Eno. It was inspired by a scene Bowie witnessed between two lovers beside the Berlin Wall, projecting against the political and social pressures of the time. The song reflects the desire to overcome and to be heroes, even if just for one day, in the face of oppression and division represented by the Wall.

Key: D

Introduction:  D   G   D   G  

difficulty
very easy |||||
 D                     G 
I - I wish you could swim
          D                             G 
Like the dolphins - like dolphins can swim
        C                                 D 
Though nothing - nothing will keep us together
        Am        Em            D 
We can beat them forever and ever
              C      G              D 
Oh we can be Heroes just for one day

 D              G 
I - I will be King
     D                  G 
And you - you will be Queen
     C                         D 
For nothing will drive them away
           Am       Em              D 
We can be Heroes - just for one day
           C    G              D 
We can be us - just for one day

 D            G 
I - I can remember (I remember)
 D                G 
Standing by the wall (By the wall)
         D             G 
And the guards shot above our heads (Over our heads)
        D                               G 
And we kissed as though nothing would fall (Nothing could fall)

         C                 D 
And the shame was on the other side
           Am            Em        D 
Oh we can beat them forever and ever
                C       G              D 
Then we can be Heroes  just for one day

 D          G       D 
We can be Heroes
           G       D 
We can be Heroes
           G                    D 
We can be Heroes just for one day
           G 
We can be Heroes
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