The Hero I Never Knew chords by Brady Miller

Chords with lyrics

Key: B minorBm

Intro:

A minorAm FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm


Verse 1:
A minorAm                      FF
It was around Christmas time, or so I've been told.
C majorC               G+G
I was a child, not seven years old.
  A minorAm                    FF
My family would gather, reminisce and carry on.
  C majorC       E minorEm         A minorAm  G+G A minorAm
The stories of those who were already gone.

Verse 2:
A minorAm                 FF
My mother’s father, whom she never met
C majorC                G+G
Grew up in Texas, in the town of Ennis.
     A minorAm            FF
Then the world found itself under attack.
   C majorC       E minorEm        A minorAm  G+G A minorAm
So he went off to war, but never came back.

Chorus:
FF         C majorC
When I was young
I always swore
G+G             A minorAm
To learn how my grandpa died in the war.
FF         C majorC
He was courageous, this much is true
G+G      E minorEm    A minorAm  G+G A minorAm
He is the hero I never knew.

Break:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G A minorAm FF C majorC E minorEm A minorAm

Verse 3:
A minorAm                        FF
I am told that George Goddard was as good as they come.
    C majorC                    G+G
Looked death in the face, yet still he pressed on.
  A minorAm                    FF
The enemy he fought, with his flight crew of ten.
   C majorC       E minorEm       A minorAm  G+G A minorAm
They promised us all, to never give in.

Verse 4:
A minorAm                   FF
On a cold winter’s day, a mission took flight.
   C majorC                     G+G
They flew through their fear, never gave up the fight.
   A minorAm              FF
Their bomber was hit, in a dreadful way
C majorC        E minorEm          A minorAm
The flight came to be
Miss Fortune’s last day.

Break:
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm FF C majorC G+G E minorEm A minorAm

Bridge:
  G+G             A minorAm
My family stands proud of my grandfather deeds
G+G           A minorAm
Of the price that he paid for you and me.
FF           C majorC
He was courageous, and I know the truth.
G+G      E minorEm    A minorAm  G+G A minorAm
He is the hero I never knew.

Chorus:
FF          C majorC
Now I am grown, and I understand
G+G           A minorAm
Just what it means to be a good man
  FF              C majorC
His memory lives on, ‘cause his story gets told.
G+G       E minorEm      A minorAm  G+G A minorAm
He is the hero I’ve come to know.
G+G       E minorEm      A minorAm  G+G A minorAm
He is the hero I’ve come to know.