Heroes We Could Be Chords

KeyC Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays514

Heroes We Could Be by Alesso is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords C, Em, Am, F, Em7, Am7 and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			


Intro riff: 

e|-0----3---3/5\3-0--------| 
B|----1---------------1\10-| 
G|-------------------------| 
D|-------------------------| 
A|-------------------------| 
E|-------------------------| 

Intro chords (palm muting): 

C     Em    Am    F 

verse 1 
C                   Em      Am                  F                  
We go hideaway in daylight, we go undercover when under sun 
C                     Em         Am                            F                  
Got a secret side in plain sight, where the streets are empty that’s where we run 

pre Chorus 
C                   Em                   Am               F                  
Everyday people do everyday things but I can’t be one of them 
C                      Em                       Am              F                  
I know you hear me now we are a different kind, we can do anything 

Chorus 
            C     Em   Am   F                  
We could be heroes  
            C     Em        Am   F                  
We could be heroes, me and you 
            C     Em   Am   F                  
We could be heroes 
            C     Em       Am   F                  
We could be heroes, me and you,  we could be 

C     Em    Am    F       x2 

verse 2 
C                 Em     Am                          F                  
Anybody’s got the power, they don’t see it cos they don’t understand 
C                        Em    Am                     F                  
Spin around and run for hours, you and me we got the world in our hands 

pre Chorus 
Chorus x2 

bridge 
F                         Em7                     Am7                    Dm  
All we're looking for is love and a little light, love and a little light 
               F                      Em7                       C              C 
(We could be) All we're looking for is love and a little light love and a little light 

Chorus (finish on  C) 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante