Only 3 Chords are used throughout the song. Em D C E|----7-----5-----3----------| B|----8-----7-----5----------| G|----9-----7-----5----------| D|----9-----7-----5----------| A|----7-----5-----3----------| E|---------------------------| [Intro] This same pattern plays through almost the entire song. Em Em D D D D C C D D D D After 2 times another guitar plays this riff that is also played several times in the song: E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-/12--/12------8-10-8-----8-10--------/12--/12-----8-10-8----8--------| G|-----------------------9----------------------------------9-----------| x2 D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| [Chorus] Em D C Am I a hero? D Em D C D Am I a hero now? Em D C Am I a hero? D Em D C D Am I a hero now? Yeah [Verse] Em D C Please don't shoot me down D Em D C D I love you like a brother Em D C It's on the news again D Em D C C I guess they killed another [Chorus] Em D C Am I a hero? D Em D C D Am I a hero now? Em D C Am I a hero? D Em D C D Am I a hero now? [Break] This is the only part of the song that is different. C Em D Oh, we all get told to go alone C Em D Oh, we know it's hard for sure; We know D We know [Chorus] Em D C Am I a hero? D Em D C D Am I a hero now? Em D C To die a hero D Em D C D Is all that we know now [Solo] Em D C Am I a hero? D Em D C D A fallen hero now? Em D C Hear my sin Lord D Em D C D So he ain't no hero now Em D C Am I a hero? D Em D C D My gun to reload now Em D C A broken people D Em D C D There go a hero now