Heroes Tab

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Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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                             David Bowie - Heroes
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Heroes by David Bowie
Tabbed by: Jeremy
Email: billiejoefanclub@hotmail.com
 
Listen for strumming pattern.
Sounds like twice on the bass strings then the rest.
Have included the bass line as well because I think it adds a lot to the song.
 
Chords
   D   G  Am7
e| 2 | 3 | 3 |
B| 3 | 3 | 1 |
G| 2 | 0 | 2 |
D| 0 | 0 | 2 |
A| x | 2 | 0 |
E| x | 3 | x |
 
 
[Intro]
 
D G D G
 
Electric guitar through verse
e|\5~~~~---5\7~~---5--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Electric guitar (runs from first Am7 of verse to end of verse)
e|3p2-0-2----3p2-0-2----3p2-0-2---------------------------------------------|
B|--------3----------3------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------2-------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|3p2-0-2----3p2-0-2----3p2-0-2---------------------------------------------|
B|--------1-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------4----------2-------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-5^^^-3-5^^^-3---7^^^^-----------------------------------------------|
G|2-4-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Main bass line (plays pretty much through whole song)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------5-5---------5-5-----2-0-------2-3-4--------------------------------|
E|55-7-5------55-7-5------33-----3-3----------------------------------------|
 
Outro bass line
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------5-5---------5-5-----2-0----------2-0-------------------------------|
E|55-7-5------55-7-5------33-----3-3---33-----3-3---------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D                    G
I.... I wish I could swim,
         D                             G
Like the dolphins.... like dolpins can swim,
Am7               G                     D        (Electric guitar enters)
Though nothing.... nothing will keep us together,
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
Am7                  G           D
We can beat them.... forever and ever,
             Am7       G             D
Oh we can be heroes.... just for one day,
 
Chords x2
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
D               G
I.... I will be King,
    D                   G
And you.... you will be Queen,
       Am7        G                D
Though nothing.... will drive them away,
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
          Am7      G              D
We can be heroes.... just for one day,
   Am7          G             D
We can be us.... just for one day,
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
D           G
I.... I can remember,
D               G
Standing.... by walls,
        D             G
And the guns.... shot above our heads,
       D                      G
And we kissed.... saw nothing before,
        Am7      G           D
And the shame.... was on the other side,
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
          Am7          G            D
Oh we can beat them.... forever and ever,
               Am7       G             D
Then we can be heroes.... just for one day,
 
 
[Outro]
 
D         G       D
We can be heroes
          G       D
We can be heroes
          G
We can be heroes
             D
Just for one day.
 
 
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| p  Pull-off
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
| ^  Bend
 
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It's not completely wrong, but the Am7 in the AM7 G D (Electric guitar enters) Though nothing.... nothing will keep us together, AM7 G D We can beat them.... forever and ever, AM7 G D Oh we can be heroes.... just for one day, Should be C D Though nothing.... nothing will keep us together, Am7 Em7 We can beat them.... forever and ever, C G D Oh we can be heroes.... just for one day, I make the bass line mainly DD BA D x 3 DD A BCC# on the Ds and G/Ds and the last part of the verse C G D is borrowed from Noel Redding's part chromatic run from Hendrix's Hey Joe.

i could be wrong but it sounds like the Am7 during the verse may actually be a C. it sounds right in the chorus though

Progression for original and most live versions is: D G I.... I wish I could swim, D G Like the dolphins.... like dolpins 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,