Hero Uke tab by Skillet

6 Chords used in the song: Em, G, D, C, Am, Ebm

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Year:  2009
Difficulty: 
4.33
(Intermediate)
Key: G, EmChords
Intro   Em chordEm       G chordG    D chordD     Em chordEm     C chordC    D chordD (2x)

Verse 1
Em chordEm
I'm just a step away
G chordG D chordD
I'm a just a breath away
Em chordEm
Losing my faith today
C chordC D chordD
falling off the edge today
Em chordEm
I am just a man
G chordG D chordD
not superhuman
Em chordEm
I'm not superhuman
C chordC D chordD
someone save me from the hate

Pre-Chorus
Am chordAm C chordC
It's just another war,
Em chordEm
just another family torn falling from my faith today
Am chordAm C chordC
just a step from the edge,
Em chordEm
just another day in the world we live

Chorus
Em chordEm G chordG D chordD
I need a hero, to save me now
Em chordEm C chordC D chordD
I need a hero save me now
Em chordEm G chordG D chordD
I need a hero, to save my life
Em chordEm C chordC D chordD
If a hero'll save me just in time

Verse 2
Em chordEm
I gotta fight today,
G chordG D chordD
to live another day,
Em chordEm
Speaking my mind today
C chordC D chordD
my voice will be heard today
Em chordEm
I've gotta make a stand,
G chordG D chordD
but I am just a man
Em chordEm
I'm not superhuman
C chordC D chordD
my voice will be heard today

Pre-chorus
Am chordAm C chordC
It's just another war,
Em chordEm
just another family torn my voice will be heard today
Am chordAm C chordC
It's just another kill,
Em chordEm
the countdown begins to destroy ourselves

(Chorus)
Em chordEm G chordG D chordD
I need a hero, to save me now
Em chordEm C chordC D chordD
I need a hero, just in time
Em chordEm Em chordEm
Save me just in time... Save me just in time...

Bridge
Am chordAm C chordC
Who's gonna fight for what's right?
C chordC Em chordEm
Who's gonna help us survive?
Em chordEm
We're in the fight of our lives
D chordD
And we're not ready to die
Am chordAm C chordC
Who's gonna fight for the weak?
C chordC Em chordEm
Who's gonna make 'em believe?
Em chordEm D chordD
I've got a hero I've got a hero
D chordD
Livin' in me
Am chordAm C chordC
I'm gonna fight for whats right
C chordC Em chordEm D chordD
today I'm speaking my mind and if it kills me tonight
D chordD
I will be ready to die
C chordC
A chordA hero's not afraid to give his life
D chordD Ebm chordEbm
A chordA hero's gonna save me just in time...

Em chordEm G chordG D chordD

(Chorus)

Outro
Em chordEm
I need a hero,
Em chordEm G chordG
Who's gonna fight for what's right?
D chordD Em chordEm
Who's gonna help us survive?
Em chordEm
I need a hero,
Em chordEm G chordG
Who's gonna fight for the weak?
D chordD Em chordEm
Who's gonna make em believe?
Em chordEm
I need a hero,
Em chordEm Em chordEm G chordG D chordD
I need a hero!
Em chordEm C chordC D chordD Em chordEm
A chordA hero's gonna save me just in time

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SleepyE avatar
For the verse you can do D D DU DU and for the chors and maybe bridge you could do: D UDU DU DU
13 Sep 2022
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BlueUkuele avatar
I think you did a pretty awesome job on this one :) If you could do Awake and Alive? That would be epic :)
27 Mar 2012
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perhaps you could add a strumming pattern because it is difficult to find the strumming pattern for a rock song
04 Mar 2011
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About this song: Hero

"This song is the platform over which the whole record was written. Basically every day seems to get weirder, darker and scarier with thousands of people losing their homes and hurting over a wide variety of reasons. You see so much negativity on the news, especially this sense of violence that

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