Holding Out For A Hero chords by Emery

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
| DmDm   | DmDm   | C majorC   | C majorC   |
| Bb majorBb   | Bb majorBb   | A augmentedA   | A augmentedA   |


Verse 1:
DmDm                   C majorC
 Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?
Bb majorBb                 A augmentedA
Where's the street-wise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
DmDm              C majorC
 Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Bb majorBb                   A augmentedA
 Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream of what I need

Chorus:
     DmDm
I need a hero
           A minorAm
I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night
   Bb majorBb
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast
     FF            C majorC
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
     (DmDm)
Fresh from the fight


Interlude:
| DmDm   | DmDm   | C majorC   | C majorC   |
| Bb majorBb   | Bb majorBb   | A augmentedA   | A augmentedA   |


Verse 2:
DmDm
 Somewhere after midnight
   C majorC
In my wildest fantasy
Bb majorBb
Somewhere just beyond my reach
    A minorAm            A augmentedA
There's someone reaching back for me
DmDm             C majorC
 Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
Bb majorBb               A augmentedA
 It's gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my feet

Chorus:
     DmDm
I need a hero
           A minorAm
I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night
   Bb majorBb
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast
     FF            C majorC
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
     DmDm
I need a hero
           A minorAm
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light
   Bb majorBb
He's gotta be sure and it's gotta be soon
     FF          C majorC
And he's gotta be larger than life
   (DmDm)
Larger than life


Interlude:
| DmDm   | DmDm   | C majorC   | C majorC   |
| Bb majorBb   | A augmentedA   | DmDm   | DmDm   |


Verse 3:
DmDm
 Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
C majorC
 Out where the lightning splits the sea
Bb majorBb              A augmentedA         DmDm
 I would swear that there's someone somewhere watching me
DmDm
 Through the wind and the chill and the rain
C majorC
 And the storm and the flood
Bb majorBb         A augmentedA             DmDm
 I can feel his approach like the fire in my blood


Tag:
          DmDm
Like the fire in my blood, like the fire in my blood
          DmDm
Like the fire in my blood, like the fire in my


Outro:
| Bb majorBb   | A augmentedA   |