Nobody's Hero - Rush

Nobody's Hero

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[Intro: ]
Gm F Bbsus2 Csus2
Gm Gm/A F
 
verse 1:
Gm F Bbsus2
I knew he was different in his sexuality
Gm Gm/A F
I went to his parties as the straight minority
Gm F Bbsus2
He never seemed a threat to my masculinity
Gm Gm/A F
He only introduced me to a wider reality
 
Ebsus2
 
Gm F Bbsus2
As the years went by we drifted apart
Gm Gm/A Dm Csus2 Bbsus2
When I heard that he was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart
 
chorus1:
Dm
But he's nobody's Hero
Csus2
- Saves a drowning child
Am G
- Cures a wasting disease
 
F
Hero
Am < -- I hear a Dm here... Z.
- Lands a crippled airplane
Csus2 G
- Solves great mysteries
 
Dm
Hero
Csus2
- Not the handsome actor
Am G
who plays the hero's role
 
F
Hero
Dm
- Not the glamour girl
Csus2
who'd love to sell her soul
 
Am G Dm
If anybody's buying Nobody's Hero
 
solo1:
Gm F Bbsus2 Csus2
Gm Gm/A F Ebsus2 P.H.
 
-6--6--6-H-8-P-6------6--10--|----15--15-P-13---------------------------
------------------10---------|--15--15-------13---13-13-13--13-11---
-----------------------------|-----------------------------------12-----
-----------------------------|------------------------------------------
-----------------------------|------------------------------------------
-----------------------------|------------------------------------------
 
verse2:
Gm F Bbsus2
I didn't know the girl but I knew her family
Gm Gm/A F
All their lives were shattered in a nightmare of brutality
Gm F Bbsus2
They tried to carry on, tried to bear the agony
Gm Gm/A F
Tried to hold some faith in the goodness of humanity
 
Ebsus2
 
Gm F Bbsus2
As the years went by we drifted apart
Gm Gm/A Dm Csus2 Bbsus2 Gm
When I heard that she was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart
 
chorus2:
Dm
But she's Nobody's Hero
Csus2
- Is the voice of reason
Am G
Against the howling mob
 
F
Hero
Am
- Is the pride of purpose
Csus2 G
In the unrewarding job
 
Dm
Hero
Csus2
- Not the champion player
Am G
Who plays the perfect game
 
F
Hero
Dm
- Not the glamour boy
Csus2
Who loves to sell his name
 
Am G Dm
Everybody's buying Nobody's Hero
 
solo2: repeat Gm F Bbsus2
Gm Gm/A F
 
---------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------
------10---11--|---18-18-18--18-16-15----------15--|-------10--11------
--12--10---10--|----------------------17-15-17-----|---12--10--10------
--12-------8---|-----------------------------------|---12------8-------
---------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------
---------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------
 
------------------|----------------------------------------------------
----------15--15--|---------16--15--16--18--(18)-----------------------
------15--15--15--|--17--15-------------------F------------------------
--15--15----------|----------------------------------------------------
--17--------------|----------------------------------------------------
------------------|----------------------------------------------------
 
Gm F Bbsus2
As the years went by we drifted apart
Gm Gm/A Dm Csus2 Bbsus2
When I heard that you were gone I felt a shadow cross my heart
 
chorus3:
Dm
But he's nobody's Hero
Csus2
- Saves a drowning child
Am G
- Cures a wasting disease
 
F
Hero
Am
- Lands a crippled airplane
Csus2 G
- Solves great mysteries
 
Dm
Hero
Csus2
- Not the handsome actor
Am G
who plays the hero's role
 
F
Hero
Dm
- Not the glamour girl
Csus2
who'd love to sell her soul
 
Am G Dm
If anybody's buying Nobody's Hero
 
outro:
Csus2 G
F Am Csus2 G
Nobody's Hero
Dm Csus2 Am G
Hero
F Am Csus2 G
Nobody's Hero
Dm Csus2 Am G
Hero
 
repeat to fade out.
 
SOLOS
 
INTRO:
D G A
|-2------------|-3------------|---------------------------------|
|-3------------|-3------------|-2---5-5-5-3-2-3---5---3---2-----|
|-2------------|-0------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2---2-----|
|-0------------|-0------------|-2-------------------------------|
|--------------|-2------------|-0-------------------------------|
|--------------|-3------------|---------------------------------|
 
VERSE:
D G A
|-2------------|-3------------|----------------------------|
|-3------------|-3------------|-2--------------------------|
|-2------------|-0------------|-2--------------------------|
|-0------------|-0------------|-2--------------------------|
|--------------|-2------------|-0------------------0-2-4---|
|--------------|-3------------|----------------------------|
 
CHORUS:
D A G A
|-2-------X---X-------------------|-3--------------------------------|
|-3-------X---X---2-------X---X---|-3---------------2-------X---X----|
|-2-------X---X---2-------X---X---|-0-------X---X---2-------X---X----|
|-0-------X---X---2-------X---X---|-0-------X---X---2-------X---X----|
|-----------------0-------X---X---|-x-------X---X---0-------X---X----|
|---------------------------------|-3-------X---X--------------------|
 
BRIDGE:
F#5 E5 (x3) G5 A5
||--------|----0---||------|------|
||o-------|----0--o||------|------|
||--------|--------||------|------|
||o-4-----|-2-----o||-5----|-7----|
||--4-----|-2------||-5----|-7----|
||--2-----|-0------||-3----|-5----|
 
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Contribuição: Renato Duarte Nogueira(renatodnbarbalha@bol.com.br)

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