Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
G G/F# Em
G Bm Em
Verse 1:
G G/F#
I was young and so obsessed
Em
All my friends said you're the best
G Bm Em
So I just assumed you were nice
G G/F#
I love the way you were a star
Em
I love the way you play guitar
G Bm Em
You don't even look like you're trying
Pre-Chorus:
C
I wish that we never met
Bm Em
Every day I'm suffering regret
A
But then again, it made me who I am
D
There ain't a damn thing I would change
Chorus:
G G/F# Em
Except don't meet your heroes, they're not as they seem
G Bm Em
I just should've kept you on my TV screen
G G/F# Em
I learnt my lesson when they put me through hell
G Bm Em G
Now, don't meet your heroes without knowing yourself
Post-Chorus:
G/F# Em G Bm Em
Oh
oh
Verse 2:
G G/F#
It felt like I lived in your dream
Em
Did I hurt your self-esteem?
G Bm Em
I hope I make it in your memoir
G G/F#
I don't mean to be a pessimist
(I don't mean to be a pessimist)
Em
But I would never say Heaven sent
(I would never say Heaven sent)
G Bm Em
You thought I was lighting them for your job
Pre-Chorus:
C
I wish that we never met (That we never met)
Bm Em
Every day I'm suffering regret (Suffering regret)
A
But then again, it made me who I am (Who I am)
D
There ain't a damn thing (There ain't a damn) that I would change
Chorus:
G G/F# Em
Except don't meet your heroes, they're not as they seem (Not as they seem)
G Bm Em
I just should've kept you on my TV screen (On my TV screen)
G G/F# Em
I learnt my lesson when they put me through hell (Put me through hell)
G Bm Em G
Now, don't meet your heroes without (Without), knowing yourself
Post-Chorus:
G/F# Em G Bm Em
Oh
oh
[Instrumental]
G G/F# Em
G Bm Em
G G/F# Em
C Bm Bb A
Chorus:
G G/F# Em
Don't meet your heroes, they're not as they seem (Not as they seem)
G Bm Em
I just should've kept you on my TV screen
G G/F# Em
I learnt my lesson when they put me through hell
G Bm Em G
Now, don't meet your heroes without knowing yourself
Post-Chorus:
G/F# Em G Bm Em
Oh
(Knowing yourself) oh
G G/F# Em
I learnt my lesson when they put me through hell
G Bm Em G
Now, don't meet your heroes without knowing yourself
Outro:
G/F# Em
G Bm Em G G/F#
Knowing yourself
Em G Bm Em
Yourself, yourself, yourself
Song History
Published: March 26, 2026
Last Updated: March 26, 2026