Holding Out For A Hero Chords
Holding Out For A Hero by Ella Mae Bowen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Am, G, C and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am
Where have all the good men gone
G
And where are all the gods?
Am
Where's the street-wise Hercules
C
To fight the rising odds?
Am G
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
F G
Late at night I toss and turn and dream
(G let ring)
of what I need
Am F
I need a hero
C G
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
Am
He's gotta be strong
F
And he's gotta be fast
C G
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
Am F
I need a hero
C G
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
Am
He's gotta be sure
F
And it's gotta be soon
C G (Let Ring)
And he's gotta be larger than life
larger then life
Am, F, C, G x2 FOR
Do do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do
Am
Somewhere after midnight
F
In my wildest fantasy
Am
Somewhere just beyond my reach
G
There's someone reaching back for me
Am G
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
F (C)
Isn't there a superman to sweep me off my feet?
Am F
I need a hero
C G
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
Am
He's gotta be strong
F
And he's gotta be fast
C G
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
Am F
I need a hero
C G
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
Am
He's gotta be sure
F
And it's gotta be soon
C G (Let Ring)
And he's gotta be larger than life
larger then life
(Am)
Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
G
Out where the lightning splits the sea
Am
I could swear that there's someone, somewhere
C (Am)
Watching me
F
Through the wind and the chill and the rain
G
And the storm and the raging flood
C G
I can feel his approach
C G
just Like the fire in my blood
Am
Ill meet a hero
F C G
And then we'll dance till morning light
C
Dreaming he'll leave me,
F G
He'll die tonight's the night
Am F
I need a hero
C G
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
Am
He's gotta be strong
F
And he's gotta be fast
C G
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
Am F
I need a hero
C G
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
Am
He's gotta be sure
F
And it's gotta be soon
C G (Let Ring)
And he's gotta be larger than life
larger then life.