Everybody Needs A Hero chords by Gene Watson

♫ Intro:

F    C  Am
C  G7  C


♫ Verse 1:
            C
He drove a '47 Buick Special
     F                              C
Them dusty roads were hell on the shine
     G7                        C           F
And about once a week, he'd be down by the creek
C                   G7           C
   And I'd help him wash it sometimes
         C
He had a pinstripe suit and a gold watch
      F                               C
And a gold chain that hung from his chest
    G7                       C          F
And he drank a little and he gambled a lot
C           G7          C
   He was a wild one, I guess

        F                  C
Oh, but everybody needs a hero
G7                    C
   Savannah Slim was mine
            F             C             Am
When you're ten years old down in south Georgia
C             G7       C
   Heroes are hard to find


♫ Interlude:
F    C  Am
C  G7  C


♫ Verse 2:
 C
Lord, how he loved country music
   F                       C
He played an old Gibson guitar
     G7                           C            F
At a roadhouse one night, he was called on to fight
C           G7             C
   Somebody pushed him too far
      C
So he served a little time in prison
       F                              C
But he served four long years in the war
       G7                      C          F
It was in the Pacific where he got his tattoo
C             G7           C
Two hearts in blue on his arm



        F                  C
Oh, but everybody needs a hero, Lord
G7                    C
   Savannah Slim was mine
            F             C             Am
When you're ten years old down in south Georgia
C             G7       C
   Heroes are hard to find


♫ Verse 3:
     C
Now, Mama says I turned out just like him
    F                           C
She worries and prays that I'll change
G7                    C         F
I didn't know 'til a few days ago
       C           G7             C
Why he sent me his gold watch and chain



        F                  C
Oh, but everybody needs a hero
G7                    C
   Savannah Slim was mine
            F             C             Am
When you're ten years old down in south Georgia
C             G7       C
   Heroes are hard to find
            F             C             Am
When you're ten years old down in south Georgia
C             G7       C   F7
   Heroes are hard to find
C           G7        C
   Savannah Slim was mine