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Hometown Hero

Andy Shauf
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e|--------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|---3-0-2-3---3------------------------|
E|-3---------3--------------------------|
Chords:
e|-0--0--0---0----------------------------------------------------|
b|-1--0--1---1-----1---1-------1-----1--------1--3--1-------------|
G|-0--1--2---2-----2---0-------0-----0--------2--4--0-------------|
D|-2--2--2---2-----1---3-------2-----2--------3--5--0-------------|
A|-3--2--0---0-----3---2-------0-----2--------3--5--2-------------|
E|----0------3-----1---3-------3--------------1--3--3-------------|
 
hometown hero flexing  his charm
 with a borderline  joke to the guys  at the bar,
 
/  ( )
 and they slap their knees like they've not heard it before.
thirty-five years  old wearing  his badge,
nickname  for life on the shoulder  of his bomber
 
 that  he wears  as the coach of the high school team.
 he lights  his cigarette
 and says, "man  these things  will kill  me someday"
raises  his glass and says, "here's  to hoping"
 hometown hero flexing his arm
 with a five-yard pass to the end of the bar
 he says, "I'll be right back I'm just gonna go grab another pack."
 walks one block to the all-night station
 and steps into a situation.
 there's a man with a gun pointed at the nervous clerk.
 and before he could think,
 he was tackling the gunman
 who hit his head and was knocked unconscious.
 the clerk relieved said, "oh my god
 you're a hero man and you should stick around
 'til the cops get here, maybe you'll make the morning news."
 but the hometown hero rose to hit feet,
 tossed him the gun and said, "thanks, but I've gotta run
 I'll take a pack of camel lights and be on my way."
 he stepped outside the door,
 heard the sirens in the distance
 lit his cigarette
 and said, "man these things will kill me someday"
 exhaled smoke and said, "here's to hoping"

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Readable chord sheet for Hometown Hero by Andy Shauf

e|--------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|---3-0-2-3---3------------------------|
E|-3---------3--------------------------|

Chords:
e|-0--0--0---0----------------------------------------------------|
b|-1--0--1---1-----1---1-------1-----1--------1--3--1-------------|
G|-0--1--2---2-----2---0-------0-----0--------2--4--0-------------|
D|-2--2--2---2-----1---3-------2-----2--------3--5--0-------------|
A|-3--2--0---0-----3---2-------0-----2--------3--5--2-------------|
E|----0------3-----1---3-------3--------------1--3--3-------------|
   [C]  [E]  [Am]  [Am/G]  [F7]  [G11no5]
[C6] [G]  [Cmaj7] [B]  [F]  [G]  [Gadd4]

[C]hometown [E]hero [Am]flexing his [Am/G]charm
with a [F7]borderline joke to the [G11no5]guys at the bar,
         [C6] [G]       [Cmaj7] [B]
[Am]       [C6]/[G]      ([F]     [G])
and they slap their knees like they've not heard it before.
[C]thirty-five [E]years old [Am]wearing his [Am/G]badge,
[F7]nickname for life on the [G11no5]shoulder of his bomber
        [C6] [G]         [Cmaj7] [B]      [Am]
th[Gadd4]at he we[F]ars as the coach of the high school team.

he [C6]lig[G]hts his [G11no5]cigarette
and says, [C6]"ma[G]n these [E]things will [Am]kill me [Am/G]someday"
[F]raises his glass and says, [G]"here's to hoping"

hometown hero flexing his arm
with a five-yard pass to the end of the bar
he says, "I'll be right back I'm just gonna go grab another pack."

walks one block to the all-night station
and steps into a situation.
there's a man with a gun pointed at the nervous clerk.

and before he could think,
he was tackling the gunman
who hit his head and was knocked unconscious.

the clerk relieved said, "oh my god
you're a hero man and you should stick around
'til the cops get here, maybe you'll make the morning news."

but the hometown hero rose to hit feet,
tossed him the gun and said, "thanks, but I've gotta run
I'll take a pack of camel lights and be on my way."

he stepped outside the door,
heard the sirens in the distance
lit his cigarette
and said, "man these things will kill me someday"
exhaled smoke and said, "here's to hoping"

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