When I was learning this song I realized that it wasn't in straight 4/4 time, but
included occasional
2/4 measures. This chart breaks the song down into measures, and clarifies the time signature
changes. The chords are easy, but the structure is a little more complicated.
Hero
Family of the Year
Capo: 5
Tempo: 88
Count as slow 4
| C | C |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/family_of_the_year/hero_crd_ver_3.html ]
|C |C |Am Em |
Let me go . I don't wanna be your . hero
|Em |F |
. I don't wanna be a big man, I just wanna
|2/4 C |4/4 G |C |
fight with everyone else . . . Your masquerade;
|C |Am Em |
. I don't wanna be a part of your parade
|Em |F |
. Everyone deserves a chance to
|2/4 C |4/4 G |
walk with everyone else . . . while
|C |C |Am Em |
holding down . a job to keep my . girl around
|Em |F |
. And maybe buy me some new strings and her a
|2/4 C |4/4 G |
night out on the weekends
|G |C |
. . . And we can whisper things,
|C |Am Em |
. Secrets from our American dreams
|Em |2/4 Em |4/4 F |
. . . Baby needs some pro-----tection, but I'm a
|2/4 C |4/4 G | G |
kid like everyone else
|C |C |Am Em |
So let me go . I don't wanna be your . hero
|Em |F |
. I don't wanna be a big man, I just wanna
|2/4 C |4/4 G |
fight like everyone else
| C | C | Am Em | Em | F | C G/B | Am G | F | G |
Oooohs
|C |C |Am Em |
So let me go . I don't wanna be your . hero
|Em |F |
. I don't wanna be a big man, I just wanna
|2/4 C |4/4 G |C |
fight with everyone else . . . Your masquerade;
|C |Am Em |
. I don't wanna be a part of your parade
|Em |F |
. Everyone deserves a chance to
|2/4 C |4/4 G | G |
walk with everyone else . . .
| C | C | Am Em | Em | F |2/4 C |2/4 G |2/4 C |2/4 G | C <> |
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