Heroes Chords

by David Bowie
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author coxons [a] 80.
6 contributors total, last edit on Jan 4, 2025
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Chords

D
G
C
Am
Em

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David Bowie - Heroes
Words in brackets are backing vocals
 
 
[Verse  1]
 
D                   G
I, I wish I could swim
D                                     G
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
C                                       D
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
        Am       Em            D
We can beat them, forever and ever
             C          G          D
Oh, we can be heroes, just for one day
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
D / G / D / G
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
D             G
I, I will be king
D                     G
and you, you will be queen
C                               D
Though nothing, will drive them away
          Am                   D
We can be heroes, just for one day
         C                 D
We can be us just for one day
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
D             G
I, I can remember (I remember)
D                G
standing by the wall (by the wall)
D                           G
And the guns shot above our heads (over our heads)
D                              G
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall)
C                                D
And the shame, was on the other side
    Am               Em             D
Oh, we can beat them, forever and ever
              C       G             D
And we can be heroes, just for one day
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
D              G
 We can be heroes
              D
just for one day
            G
We can be heroes
             D
just for one day
 
(play till it fades out)
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13 comments
kerplunkash.
You got most of the right chords but you have muddled the order quite a bit. It should be like this: D G I, I wish i could swim D G Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim C G D though nothing, nothing will keep us together Am7 G D we can beat them, forever and ever C G D Oh we can be heroes, just for one day
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lilloparisi
I agree with this correction!
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harald-o
Missing the Em in the verse after the Am and then it goes to D and not G
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