Heroes and Heroin
Gary Jules 
from Greetings from the Side 
transcribed by Mike Underwood
sleepdep@sympatico.ca

D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)
Never try to understand me
F#m (244222@1)  Bm (x24432@1)           Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1)Expectation makes me old
D (xx0232@1)                       GHide (320003@1)your pennies in the sand
                F#m (244222@1)      Bm (x24432@1) 
Somehow I am supposed to know
    Em (022000@1)             A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)    DThe (xx0232@1)hardest thing to do is let it go

                          GYeah (320003@1)I know we've been affected
   F#m (244222@1)       Bm (x24432@1)      Em (022000@1)      APerfected (x02220@1)the power to charm
D (xx0232@1)               GDid (320003@1)we serve to entertain
        F#m (244222@1)          BmDid (x24432@1)we find someone to blame
       Em (022000@1)             AWhat (x02220@1)I said and what I did 
               GWere (320003@1)not the same


Chorus
   D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)               DOoooh (xx0232@1)I am breathing  (I am breathing)
G (320003@1) Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1)           EmOoooh (022000@1)I am leaving in the morning baby 
D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)         DYou (xx0232@1)can think about it when I'm gone

         GCould (320003@1)we lie
             F#m (244222@1)  BmBehind (x24432@1)the fables
Em (022000@1)         A (x02220@1)            DHeroes (xx0232@1)and heroin 
                   GThe (320003@1)weight here is far too much 
        F#m (244222@1)   BmTo (x24432@1)be worth so little
          Em (022000@1)         A (x02220@1)
But will she come and stay with me

Chorus

Bridge
D (xx0232@1)                   EmDid (022000@1)we serve to entertain
                        F#mDid (244222@1)we find someone to blame
                         Em7
Was it something in your head
                          AWas (x02220@1)it something in your name
                         BmGive (x24432@1)me something I can hold
       C (x32010@1)            GI (320003@1)can try my best to help you 
       C (x32010@1)            GIf (320003@1)you never let me down

       D (xx0232@1)         GNever (320003@1)try to understand her
    F#m (244222@1)         BmHer (x24432@1)roles and her ruin
     Em (022000@1)     AAre (x02220@1)very unforgiving
D (xx0232@1)                     GDo (320003@1)the things that you think you should
            F#m (244222@1)       BmTo (x24432@1)let you know you're alive
         Em (022000@1)           AYou (x02220@1)are young you are beautiful

Chorus X 2