Chords
Hometown Hero

Key: E

Introduction: Em    C    G    G/F#    Em    

Em                                                                 C            G  
Tell your folks that I get out today
                     G/F#Em  
And how your man thirsts
          C                 G                         G/F#  
And how his mind works
          Em                                                         C                 G  
And tell the kids that I am here to stay
                        G/F#Em  
And tell your new one
             C            G  
That he is my son
  Am7      Am7/B  C            D  
(Oh,      oh,      oh,      oh,)
Em                                                         G                                         C                         G  
Can't you feel it? Your hometown hero is home, babe
  Am7      Am7/B  C            D            E  
(Oh,      oh,      oh,      oh,      oh,)
G                         C                            G  
     It's Independence Day
Em                                                                 C                 G  
Can't you see the rockets, the red glare?
                     G/F#Em  
And all her    dreamers
          C            G  
And party streamers
Em                                                                                 C    G  
I'd rather be with you here than anywhere
                     G/F#      Em  
It felt like a century
                  C      G  
In the penitentiary
  Am7      Am7/B  C            D  
(Oh,      oh,      oh,      oh,)
Em                                                         G                                         C                         G  
Can't you feel it? Your hometown hero is home, babe
  Am7      Am7/B  C            D            E  
(Oh,      oh,      oh,      oh,      oh,)
G                         C                            G  
     It's Independence Day
Outro
Em                                                         G                                         C                         G    G/F#  
Can't you feel it? Your hometown hero is home, babe
Em                                                            G  
Can almost taste it, the whole town's amazin'
C                                              G                            G/F#  
Threw your man his own parade
Em                                                         G  
You crack one face at a Pirates game
                             C                                                                      G                                 G/F#  
They don't care who you are, they just put you away
Em                                                         G                                              C                 G  
Can't you feel it? That hometown spirit is ho~ome, babe
  Am7      Am7/B  C            D            E  
(Oh,      oh,      oh,      oh,      oh,)
G                         C                            G  
     It's Independence Day