I Need A Hero

Chords

Standard

intro   F Am Am7/G F Em7 E  2x


Am                                   G
Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?
F                                   E
Where's the street-wise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Am                          Em
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Dm                                       Em7            E
Late at night, I toss and turn and I dream of what I need.


         Am                          Em
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night,
     F
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast,
         C                        G
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight.
         Am                          Em
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light,
     F                  
He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon,
         C                    G
And he's gotta be larger than life.


            Am     
Larger than life.


Am          
Do do do do
Am7/G
Do do do do
F
Do do do do
Em7  E
Aaah aaah

Am                                      G
Somewhere after midnight in my wildest fantasy,
F                                       E
Somewhere just beyond my reach, there's someone reaching back for me.
Am                        Em
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
Dm                            Em7             E               
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet, yeah!


         Am                          Em
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night,
     F
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast,
         C                        G
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight.
         Am                          Em
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light,
     F                       
He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon,
         C                    G
And he's gotta be larger than life.


         Am
I need a hero,
                      Em
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
 
 
Am
Up where the mountains meet the heavens above,
F
out where the lightning splits the sea,
Dm                     E                 Am
I could swear there is someone somewhere watching me.

Am
Through the wind and the chill and the rain,
F
and the storm and the flood,
Dm              E                     Am
I can feel his approach like the fire in my blood


Cdim
like the fire in my blood, like the fire in my blood,
                                               Em7    E
like the fire in my blood, like the fire in my blood! Aaah!


chorus 2x