Heroes Chords
by Mika
Heroes by Mika is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, Em, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse:
D
The kids in the hundreds tomorrow
Em
Will march through the door
C G
They're fighting someone else's war
D Em
They'll have so many stories to tell
C G
In exchange for a hero's farewell
Verse 2:
I wish I could,
D Em
I wish I could make you return
C G
And what if I'll never discern
D Em
As you walk to the toll of the bell
C G
You'll be fighting for our heaven with hell
Pre-Chorus:
D Em
And you don't understand
C
Why no one else can see
G D
Your blood on me
Em C
And my blood on you
G D
But to make you bleed
Em C
Is the only thing I wouldn't do
Verse 3:
G
And you know
D Em
Heroes aren't meant to survive
C G
So much harder to love when alive
D Em
Walk with the devil in your head
C G
You would think you were better off dead
Pre-Chorus:
D Em
And you don't understand
C
Why no one else can see
G D
Your blood on me
Em C
And my blood on you
G D
But to make you bleed
Em C
Is the only thing I wouldn't do
G D Em C (fire, fire, fire)
Where can you go?
G
We fight we earn
D
We never learn
Em
And through it all
C
The hero falls
C
I wish there was a way
G D Em
To give you a hand to hold
C G D Em
You don't have to die in your glory
C G
Die to never grow old
G D
Your blood on me
Em C
And my blood on you
G D
But to make you bleed
Em C
Is the only thing I wouldn't do (repeat once)
G D Em C (fire, fire, fire)
Where can you go?
G
We fight we earn
D
We never learn
Em
And through it all
C
The hero falls..