Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
F# minorF#m 
C#C#
Will you do me a favor, pianoman, please?
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I want you to write me a song
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C#7C#7
They call me the Hero of Antelope’s Run
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C# minorC#m F# minorF#m
And I’ve got to show em' they’re wrong
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You see, it all started a week ago
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In the bar down on corridor three
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There was nobody there but the regular bums:
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Two losers, the barman, and me
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Slopping up booze in the north corner booth
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B minorBm C#C#
Was the old man they called Captain Jed
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‘Cause he owned a tramp freighter, the old Antelope
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A augmentedA ship that, like him, was half dead
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Now Molly, they say, was a crack pilot once
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A majorA gal with a brilliant career
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But then she started doping on Regulus One
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And finally washed out down here
Verse 2:
F# minorF#m C#C#
And me, well, I wanted the Navy, bad
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But it seems that they didn’t want me
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So I stopped chasing stars, started sweeping up bars
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For bed, board, and all my drinks free
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It was quiet that night, with the docks closed down
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There was nothing due in for a week
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Not a ship was in port but the old Antelope
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When the red alert started to shriek:
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The whole station shook like a hurt living thing
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Then the lights dimmed and faded away
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Then the gravity went, and the air pumps cut out
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And the bartender started to pray
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“Ah, stow that bilge, head for the Antelope now!”
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Jed’s voice cut the dark like a knife
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“The station reactors gone critical load
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So run to the docks for your life!”
Verse 3:
F# minorF#m C#C#
When we got to the docks, we found waiting out there
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Every soul that had been left alive
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They begged with their eyes for poor old Captain Jed
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To tell them all how to survive
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“Break out the suits,” said the captain to them
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“For it’s dark and it’s airless and cold
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But I swear I can get you all out of here safe
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Packed in to the Antelope’s hold.”
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“Molly,” he asked, “Can you navigate?”
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“Aye,” she said. “Who do we have for a crew?”
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“The Antelope needs only three hands,” he said
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“And I think our young friend here will do.”
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The confident look that he flashed at me then
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Made my heart turn over with pride
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I never once thought about backing away
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I think I would rather have died
Verse 4:
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m
Two hundred alive in the Antelope’s hold
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And the Captain, and Molly, and me
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We slammed the locks just as the station blew wide
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Jed hit the main jets to get free
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Now, that kind of G-force is rough on the heart
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Too much for his ticker to take
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So when we came around and we saw how he lay
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We knew Captain Jed wouldn’t wake
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So I took the comm, and the engineer board
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And Molly took helm and the nav
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With the manual spread out all over the deck
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And her mind for what they didn’t have
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She worked at that comp like a crazy machine
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While her hands shook like grass in the breeze
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But her skills were still sharp, and she jumped us three times
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Never minding the shakes and DTs
Verse 5:
F# minorF#m C#C#
Three jumps made clean, only one more was left
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When the ship’s alarm started to blast -
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Her old worn-out seals had come loose in the stress
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We were losing our heat and air fast
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On the bridge, there was only one vacuum suit left
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Well, they say Lady Luck is stone blind
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“Heads or tails,” was the question I started to ask
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When I felt myself hit from behind
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When I came to again, I was sealed in the suit
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She was belted down tight in her chair
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With her hands on the console, a smile on her lips
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And the ice on her face and her hair
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“Here’s the instructions to get us all home,”
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I saw she had left on the screen
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“If any old shipmates should ask after me
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Just tell em' I finally died clean.”
Verse 6:
F# minorF#m C#C#
I made the last jump just like she told me to
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And I brought the ship in like she said
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They call me a hero now, for what I did
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But they don’t mention Molly or Jed
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So write me that song now, pianoman, please
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And sing it out often and loud
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So they all know the story of one kind of hero
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The kind that makes everyone proud
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For some kind of heroes are lunkheads like me
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Who only do things that they’re told
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And some kinds of hero are out for the glory
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They’re heroes on purpose, and bold
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Some become heroes for bravery, sure
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And some just because all is lost
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But a few are true heroes, like Molly and Jed
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Who give without counting the cost
