Key: G
Introduction:
Gm F Bb9
I knew he was different in his sexuality
Gm F9/A F
I went to his parties as a straight minority
Gm F Bb9
It never seemed a threat to my masculinity
Gm F9/A F Eb9/G
He only introduced me to a wider reality
Gm F Bb9
As the years went by, we drifted apart
Gm F9/A
When I heard that he was gone
Dm C9 Bb9
I felt a shadow cross my heart
Dm
But he's nobody's hero
C9
Saves a drowning child
Am G
Cures a wasting disease
F Dm
Hero -- lands the crippled airplane
C9 G
Solves great mysteries
Dm C9
Hero -- not the handsome actor
Am G
Who plays a hero's role
F Dm
Hero -- not the glamour girl
C9
Who'd love to sell her soul
Am G
If anybody's buying,
Dm
Nobody's hero
Gm F Bb9
I didn't know the girl, but I knew her family
Gm F9/A F
All their lives were shattered in a nightmare of brutality
Gm F Bb9
They try to carry on, try to bear the agony
Gm F9/A F Eb9/G
Try to hold some faith in the goodness of humanity
Gm F Bb9
As the years went by, we drifted apart
Gm F9/A
When I heard that she was gone
Dm C9 Bb9
I felt a shadow cross my heart
Dm
But she's nobody's hero
C9
Is the voice of reason
Am G
against the howling mob
F Dm
Hero -- is the pride of purpose
C9 G
In the unrewarding job
Dm C9
Hero -- not the champion player
Am G
Who plays the perfect game
F Dm
Hero -- not the glamour boy
C9
Who loves to sell his name
Am G
Everybody's buying
Dm
Nobody's hero
Gm F Bb9
As the years went by, we drifted apart
Gm F9/A
When I heard that you were gone
Dm C9 Bb9
I felt a shadow cross my heart
Dm
But he's nobody's hero
C9
Saves a drowning child
Am G
Cures a wasting disease
F Dm
Hero -- lands the crippled airplane
C9 G
Solves great mysteries
Dm C9
Hero -- not the handsome actor
Am G
Who plays a hero's role
F Dm
Hero -- not the glamour girl
C9
Who'd love to sell her soul
Am G
If anybody's buying,
Dm
Nobody's hero
ContribuiĆ§Ć£o: Daniel Ericeira([email protected])