Even Heroes Die chords by Paul Thorn

Chords with lyrics

Capo 2


Intro: A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF G+G

verse 1

A minorAm      Am/GAm/G     FF  G+G
Midnight at Graceland in '72
A minorAm        Am/GAm/G       FF     G+G
Shooting TV with groupies in the Jungle Room
A minorAm         Am/GAm/G    Am/F#   Am/F
A augmentedA little fame and fortune was all he had left
C majorC         G+G     C majorC
He had become a parody of himself

verse 2

 A minorAm      Am/GAm/G     FF     G+G
They dug his grave by the kitchen door
 A minorAm             Am/GAm/G       FF     G+G
And millions of blue-haired ladies took the guided tour
 A minorAm     Am/GAm/G     Am/F#   Am/F
His Chinese fan club came over on a boat
 C majorC             G+G       C majorC
And took pictures at his birthplace in Tupelo

FF     C majorC   G+G        C majorC
Some disappear, they drop out of sight
FF       C majorC       G+G
Some stay too long and get crucified
      FF           C majorC
Whoa this world ain't no place to be
       E7E7    A minorAm  Am/GAm/G  C majorC G+G       A minorAm  Am/GAm/G FF G+G (2x)
When you're larger than life,    Ohhh even heroes die

verse 3

 A minorAm     Am/GAm/G      FF    G+G
Over on the poor side of Birmingham
 A minorAm           Am/GAm/G        FF     G+G
He was preaching on the corner but nobody gave a damn
 A minorAm       Am/GAm/G     Am/F#   Am/F
Except a couple hookers and a homeless man
 C majorC    G+G     C majorC
A augmentedA dozen losers were his best friends

verse 4

 A minorAm            Am/GAm/G       FF     G+G
At the church across the street, they were raising hell
 A minorAm            Am/GAm/G       FF        G+G
They said if he is a man of God, why do his old clothes smell
 A minorAm         Am/GAm/G   Am/F#      Am/F
They ran him out of town for disturbing the peace
C majorC       G+G     C majorC
He died on a shelter cot in his sleep

FF     C majorC   G+G        C majorC
Some disappear, they drop out of sight
FF       C majorC       G+G
Some stay too long and get crucified
      FF           C majorC
Whoa this world ain't no place to be
       E7E7     A minorAm  Am/GAm/G Am/F#
When you're larger than life,
 C majorC G+G        A minorAm  Am/GAm/G  Am/F#
Whoa, even heroes die
C majorC G+G        A minorAm  Am/GAm/G  FF   G+G  A minorAm
Whoa, even heroes die