Everybody Needs A Hero
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Pretty Boy Floyd - Everybody Needs A Hero
Originally from Big Bang Babies
Intro: F-C-D-Bb - F-C-D-Bb-C
F C
We?ve all dreamed together of being kids forever
D Bb
Hanging on to all the people that we love like:
F C
Monroe and JFK, hoping they'll come back someday,
D Bb C
Elvis, John and Jimmy, too, what?s the world gonna do?
C F C
Everybody needs a hero to look up to,
D Bb
Like kings and queens and stars upon the silver screen, whoa!
C F C
Everybody needs a hero in this world to survive,
D Bb C
To keep yourself alive.
F C
We made believe that we could be on TV,
D Bb
A secret fantasy that we were Mr James Dean,
F C
Then Alan Freed called it Rock n Roll and started it all,
D Bb C
The Beatles, Who, Kiss and Crue, What's the world gonna do?
C F C
Everybody needs a hero to look up to,
D Bb
Like kings and queens and stars upon the silver screen, whoa!
C F C
Everybody needs a hero in this world to survive,
D Bb C
To keep yourself alive.
F C
We're all living in, a world of AIDS and sin,
D Bb
We're taken one by one in vain from what we all have done,
F C
Turn on the TV set, there's murder, rape, I do regret.
D Bb C
Don't despair, we care. Trust in me I'll set you free.
C F C
Everybody needs a hero to look up to,
D Bb
Like kings and queens and stars upon the silver screen, whoa!
C F C
Everybody needs a hero in this world to survive,
D Bb C
To keep yourself alive.
How to play Everybody Needs A Hero
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is A. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.