Some Kind Of Hero chords by Teri Lee
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: F#m C# Will you do me a favor, pianoman, please? A E I want you to write me a song A E C#7 They call me the Hero of Antelope’s Run F#m C#m F#m And I’ve got to show em' they’re wrong A E You see, it all started a week ago F#m C#m In the bar down on corridor three F#m E A C# There was nobody there but the regular bums: F#m C#m F#m Two losers, the barman, and me
F#m C#m
Slopping up booze in the north corner booth
A Bm C#
Was the old man they called Captain Jed
F#m C#m
‘Cause he owned a tramp freighter, the old Antelope
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A ship that, like him, was half dead
D A C#m
Now Molly, they say, was a crack pilot once
Bm E A
A 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:
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And me, well, I wanted the Navy, bad
A E
But it seems that they didn’t want me
A E C#7
So I stopped chasing stars, started sweeping up bars
F#m C#m F#m
For bed, board, and all my drinks free
A E
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
A Bm C#
Then the lights dimmed and faded away
F#m C#m
Then the gravity went, and the air pumps cut out
A C#m F#m
And the bartender started to pray
D A C#m
“Ah, stow that bilge, head for the Antelope now!”
Bm E A
Jed’s voice cut the dark like a knife
F#m E A C#
“The station reactors gone critical load
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So run to the docks for your life!”
Verse 3:
F#m C#
When we got to the docks, we found waiting out there
A E
Every soul that had been left alive
A E C#7
They begged with their eyes for poor old Captain Jed
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To tell them all how to survive
A E
“Break out the suits,” said the captain to them
F#m C#m
“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.”
F#m C#m
“Molly,” he asked, “Can you navigate?”
A Bm C#
“Aye,” she said. “Who do we have for a crew?”
F#m C#m
“The Antelope needs only three hands,” he said
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“And I think our young friend here will do.”
D A C#m
The confident look that he flashed at me then
Bm E A
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#m C#m
Two hundred alive in the Antelope’s hold
A E
And the Captain, and Molly, and me
A E C#7
We slammed the locks just as the station blew wide
F#m C#m F#m
Jed hit the main jets to get free
A E
Now, that kind of G-force is rough on the heart
F#m C#m
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
A Bm C#
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
D A C#m
She worked at that comp like a crazy machine
Bm E A
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#m C#
Three jumps made clean, only one more was left
A E
When the ship’s alarm started to blast -
A E C#7
Her old worn-out seals had come loose in the stress
F#m C#m F#m
We were losing our heat and air fast
A E
On the bridge, there was only one vacuum suit left
F#m C#m
Well, they say Lady Luck is stone blind
F#m E A C#
“Heads or tails,” was the question I started to ask
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When I felt myself hit from behind
F#m C#m
When I came to again, I was sealed in the suit
A Bm C#
She was belted down tight in her chair
F#m C#m
With her hands on the console, a smile on her lips
F#m C#m F#m
And the ice on her face and her hair
D A C#m
“Here’s the instructions to get us all home,”
Bm E A
I saw she had left on the screen
F#m E A C#
“If any old shipmates should ask after me
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Just tell em' I finally died clean.”
Verse 6:
F#m C#
I made the last jump just like she told me to
A E
And I brought the ship in like she said
A E C#7
They call me a hero now, for what I did
F#m C#m F#m
But they don’t mention Molly or Jed
A E
So write me that song now, pianoman, please
F#m C#m
And sing it out often and loud
F#m E A C#
So they all know the story of one kind of hero
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The kind that makes everyone proud
F#m C#m
For some kind of heroes are lunkheads like me
A Bm C#
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
D A C#m
Some become heroes for bravery, sure
Bm E
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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