I'll Be A Hero When I Strike chords by Merle Haggard

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All because I walk a different street


And not helloed by some I meet

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That don't mean that what I do is right


Those that said that I was wrong


Now say they knew it all along

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Cause I'll be a hero when I strike

C7
I'll be a hero when I strike

     F                   C
Come up tight and out of sight

        F
They'll say I'm dynamite

    C
And they'd like to be there when I light

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Cause I'll be a hero when I strike



I love God and the flag


And I ain't the kind to stand and brag

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And I'm the kind to stand right up and fight


Don't need a uniform to wear


To make the people stop and stare

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Cause Hoss I'll be a hero when I strike


C7
I'll be a hero when I strike

     F                   C
Come up tight and out of sight

        F
They'll say I'm dynamite

    C
And they'd like to be there when I light

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Cause I'll be a hero when I strike



Won't shake hands until I'm sore


Wear medals hangin' to the floor

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They'll throw rocks at Franklin and his kind


They'll say boy ain't that cowboy hot


There ain't nothin' he ain't got

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But I'm gonna be a hero when I strike


C7
I'll be a hero when I strike

     F                   C
Come up tight and out of sight

        F
They'll say I'm dynamite

    C
And they'd like to be there when I light

      G7                    C