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Heroes And Villains

Brian Wilson
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 I've been  in this town so long that back in the city
 I've been taken for lost and gone
 And unknown for a long long time
 Fell in love  years ago
 With an innocent girl
 From the Spanish and Indian home
 Home of the heroes and villains
Once  at night Catillian squared the fight
 And she was right in the rain of the bullets that eventually brought  her down
 But she's  still dancing in the night
 Unafraid of what a dude'll do in a town full of heroes and villains
 In this part it changes to the piano riff, you wont be able to play the notes exactly
 as they are on a piano as it would require you to have fingers the size of bananas.
 Here is a way to play it a guitar by fingerpicking the chords that go with it. The
 timing is like patting you head and bubbing your stomach but keep trying...
  bar chord position to hold for the easiest and move you index finger for the
 bass melody.
Timing
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & (X2)
---------------------------------------|
-----7-------7-------7-------7---------|
-----8-------8-------8-------8---------|
---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-------|
-6-------6---5---6---------------------|
-------------------------6-------------|
  heroes and villans....
 Just see what you've done
  bar chord position to hold. have your second finger ready for the note change
 and just lift your little finger
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & (X2)
-----4-------4-------4-------4---------|
-----4-------4-------4-------4---------|
---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-------|
-6-------6---5---6---------------------|
-------------------------6-------------|
---------------------------------------|
  same method as Eb
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
---------------------------------------|
-----9-------9-------9-------9---------|
-----10------10------10------10--------|
---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------|
-8-------8---7---8---------------------|
-------------------------8-------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
---------------------------------------|
-----7-------7-------7-------7---------|
-----8-------8-------8-------8---------|
---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-------|
-6-------6---5---6---------------------|
-------------------------6-------------|
la  la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la  la
 Stand or fall  I know there
 Shall be peace in the valley
 And it's all an affair
 Of my life with the heroes and villains
do  do do do do do do do do do do do do
Do  ap de wo deo wap
do  do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
doop  de dooe do Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 Play slowly and possibly finger pick these notes randomly. I didnt bother tabing this
 bit cos there not really any certain way to play it. Just hold the chord positions and
 pick. or you can just strum if you want. This isnt in all versions of the song and the
 piano chords are quite difficult to decifer.
 Try fingerpicking these chords.
In  the cantina
 Margarita's keep  the spirit high
There  I watched her
She  spun around and
 Round in the warmth  of her body
 Fanned the flame of the dance
 Dance Margarita don't you know that IÕm in love  with you
Dance
 .....
 Dance
 You're under arrest!
 Brush the chords of this next part with your thumb,
My  children were raised
 You know they suddenly rise
 They started slow  long ago
 Head to toe  healthy weathy  and wise
I've  been in this town so long
 So long  to the city
I'm  fit with the stuff
 To ride in the rough
 And sunny down snuff I'm alright
 By the heroes and...
 >>>Back to fingerpicking the tabbed part at the start quite loudly to give a powerful
 >>>darker sound.
Heroes  and villains
 Just see what you've done
Heroes  and villains
 Just see what you've done
Heroes  and villains
Just  see what you've done
 ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
 This last part is an instrumental of different melodies and doesnt really sound like
 you could play it on your own on a guitar while keeping the volume so just play
 something like this. However your free to imporovise with this part
 Then perhaps work your way up to the F on the 9th fret like this (you can change the
 chords around but just make sure you end on a Ab then a Db slowly...
 For example...
 Fbm 2 beats F 2 beats Fbm 2 beats Ebm 2 beats Ab 2 beats Db slowly
 Thats it then, not so easy after all, but there should be anough to keep you busy for
 a while it took me ages to tab so please excuse any mistakes, and sometimes Abm is
 actually Ab Mayjor i know but its just easier to fingerpick that way and you cant
 really tell unless your being an ass.

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Readable chord sheet for Heroes And Villains by Brian Wilson

I've [Db]been in this town so long that back in the city

I've been taken for lost and gone
And unknown for a long long [Eb]time

Fell in [Ab]love years ago

With an innocent girl

From the Spanish and Indian home
Home of the heroes and [Db]villains

[Db]Once at night Catillian squared the fight
And she was right in the rain of the bullets that eventually [Eb]brought her down
But [Ab]she's still dancing in the night
Unafraid of what a dude'll do in a town full of heroes and [Db]villains

In this part it changes to the piano riff, you wont be able to play the notes exactly
as they are on a piano as it would require you to have fingers the size of bananas.
Here is a way to play it a guitar by fingerpicking the chords that go with it. The
timing is like patting you head and bubbing your stomach but keep trying...

 bar chord position to hold for the easiest and move you index finger for the
bass melody.

Timing
 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &          (X2)
---------------------------------------|
-----7-------7-------7-------7---------|
-----8-------8-------8-------8---------|
---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-------|
-6-------6---5---6---------------------|
-------------------------6-------------|
 heroes      and     villans....
Just see what you've done

 bar chord position to hold. have your second finger ready for the note change
and just lift your little finger

 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &         (X2)

-----4-------4-------4-------4---------|
-----4-------4-------4-------4---------|
---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-------|
-6-------6---5---6---------------------|
-------------------------6-------------|
---------------------------------------|

 same method as Eb

 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
---------------------------------------|
-----9-------9-------9-------9---------|
-----10------10------10------10--------|
---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------|
-8-------8---7---8---------------------|
-------------------------8-------------|

 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
---------------------------------------|
-----7-------7-------7-------7---------|
-----8-------8-------8-------8---------|
---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-------|
-6-------6---5---6---------------------|
-------------------------6-------------|

[Db]la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la [Eb]la la

Stand or [Ab]fall I know there
Shall be peace in the valley
And it's all an affair
Of my life with the heroes and [Db]villains

[Db]do do do do do do do do do do do do do
[Eb]Do ap de wo deo wap
[Ab]do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
[Db]doop de dooe do Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Play slowly and possibly finger pick these notes randomly. I didnt bother tabing this
bit cos there not really any certain way to play it. Just hold the chord positions and
pick. or you can just strum if you want. This isnt in all versions of the song and the
piano chords are quite difficult to decifer.

Try fingerpicking these chords.

[Ebm]In the cantina
Margarita's [Fbm]keep the spirit high
[F]There I watched her
[Db]She spun around and
Round in the [Ab]warmth of her body
Fanned the flame of the [Ebm]dance
Dance Margarita don't you know that IÕm in lo[Fbm]ve with you
[Ebm]Dance
.....
Dance

You're under arrest!

Brush the chords of this next part with your thumb,

[Db]My children were [Ebm]raised
You know they [Fbm]suddenly [F]rise
They started [Fbm]slow long a[Ebm]go
Head to [Db]toe healthy [Ab]weathy and [Db]wise

[Db]I've been in this town so long
So [Db]long to the city
[Db]I'm fit with the stuff
To ride in the rough
And sunny down snuff I'm al[Ab]right

By the heroes and...

>>>Back to fingerpicking the tabbed part at the start quite loudly to give a powerful
>>>darker sound.

[Ebm]Heroes and villains
Just see what you've done

[Abm]Heroes and villains
Just see what you've done

[Fbm]Heroes and villains
[Dbm]Just see what you've done

ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

This last part is an instrumental of different melodies and doesnt really sound like
you could play it on your own on a guitar while keeping the volume so just play
something like this. However your free to imporovise with this part

[Db]       [Ab]      [Db]      [Eb]

Then perhaps work your way up to the F on the 9th fret like this (you can change the
chords around but just make sure you end on a Ab then a Db slowly...

For example...

Fbm 2 beats      F 2 beats        Fbm 2 beats      Ebm 2 beats      Ab 2 beats   Db slowly

Thats it then, not so easy after all, but there should be anough to keep you busy for
a while it took me ages to tab so please excuse any mistakes, and sometimes Abm is
actually Ab Mayjor i know but its just easier to fingerpick that way and you cant
really tell unless your being an ass.

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