Hero In Me tab by Jeffrey Gaines

Hero In Me

by Jeffrey Gaines

Transcribed by James M. Lawrence (jl@student.umass.edu)

You need to tune your guitar up a little bit in order to play
along with the recording.  For example, the E string needs to be
tuned somewhere between E and F.

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(intro)

(1st verse)
He's lived as long as he ...

(semi-chorus)
and he says: here in my ...

(2nd verse)
She's seen these walls ...

(semi-chorus)
and she says: here in my ...

(bridge)
And as I grow older...

(chorus)
And I sleep and I dream of the person ...

(3rd verse--same as 2nd)
They've been suppressing their ...

(semi-chorus)
And I say: here in my ...

(bridge)
And as I grow older...

(chorus)

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Chords are:

       E A D G B E
G      3 2 0 0 3 3
Am     X 0 2 2 1 0
C      X 3 2 0 1 0
Csus2  X 3 0 0 3 X
D      2 0 0 3 2 3
Em     0 2 2 0 0 0

          E A D G B E
Emdim/C#  X 4 2 0 2 0

A diminished E minor over C# is just a C with the roots
raised 1/2 step.

It helps to know that this song is in 6/8 time. Each dash
is a beat.

(intro)
E]--0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-]
B]--------------------------------------------------]
G]------------0-------------------------------------]
D]----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---]
A]--2-----------------3-----2-----------------3---3-]
E]--------2-----3-----------------2-----3-----------]

(1st verse)
E]--0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-]
B]--------------------------]
G]--------------------------]  repeat 4 times
D]----0-----0-----0-----0---]
A]--2-----------------3-----]
E]--------2-----3-----------]

(semi-chorus)
E]--0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-]
B]--------------------------------------------------]
G]--------------------------------------------------] repeat twice
D]----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---]
A]--2-----2-----------------------------3-----3-----]
E]--------------2-----2-----3-----3-----------------]

The chords of the semi-chorus are played by guitar only after the
first time through:
Em7    D/F#   G    Csus2
Em7    D/F#   G    Csus2

(2nd verse)
E]--0--00-0--00-0--00-0--00-]
B]--------------------------]
G]--------------------------]  repeat 6 times
D]--------------------------]
A]--2-232-0-----------3-2-0-]
E]----------3-2-3-2-3-------]

The low notes of this second verse are really for a bass, but you can
use your imagination and pretend you're playing one.

(semi-chorus)

(bridge)
Emdim/C#  C  Emdim/C#  C
Emdim/C#  C  Emdim/C#  C

(chorus)
      G             Am                     Em
And I sleep and I dream of the ...

                  D
  then I'll be ...

         G           Am                      Em
And I speak like someone who's ...

        D
  and back ag...

        G        Am                         Em
And I swear that my grass ...

             D
  'til I believe ...

        G              Am                     Em
Then I wake and the dream fades ...

         D                    C             D       G  Am
  and I realize that there's ...

         Em            D        G  Am
There's got to be some ...

         Em            D        G  Am
There's got to be ...

         Em            D        C  C  D  D
There's got to be ...

(3rd verse--same as 2nd)

(semi-chorus)

(bridge)

(chorus)

Play a G after the last chorus.