• Song:

    Even Heroes Have To Die

  • Artist:

    Ted Leo And The Pharmacists

This is a fun song to play. It's got an interesting structure but the chords are very simple.

Standard tuning - No Capo
See below for chorus and chords

C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)      Well!

D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)                          CDidn't (x32010@1)you look sharp in your boots when you met me on the path? Oh
 D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)                   CTwo (x32010@1)tone to downtown Beirut but only half way back. Oh
Em (022000@1)                               G*
Stealing bits of wisdom from the shelf
Em (022000@1)                                C (x32010@1)    DTurned (xx0232@1)prisons into prisms on the self. Oh Oh

D (xx0232@1)                              G (320003@1)                  CAnd (x32010@1)what do they know about the spring time of me and you? Ooh
 D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)                        CBorn (x32010@1)in the midst of the long hot summer we lived through. Ooh
 Em (022000@1)                            G*
Did they see you run for every rhyme?
 Em (022000@1)                           C (x32010@1)    DDid (xx0232@1)we run for running out of time? Oh Oh

Chorus:
When even heroes have to die
No one lives forever, love
And no one's wise to try

D5 (xx023x@1)           E5Oh (022xxx@1)oh oh       Ah ah ah
D5 (xx023x@1)           E5Oh (022xxx@1)oh oh       Ah ah ah     etc.

Play D5 / E5 through the solo

Em (022000@1)                          G*
Adding our own wisdom to the shelf
 Em (022000@1)                            C (x32010@1)      DStealing (xx0232@1)bits of paper, we had health. Oh Oh

D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)                      CWorking (x32010@1)away did we miss the passing of the time? Oh
 D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)                                 CIn (x32010@1)your own flame you can wither, but your passions still outshine. Oh
 Em (022000@1)                            G*
Did you read the writing on the wall?
 Em (022000@1)                       C (x32010@1)    DProphesying (xx0232@1)a doom upon us all. Oh Oh

Chorus:
That even heroes have to die
No one lives forever, love
And no one's wise to try

D5 (xx023x@1)           E5Oh (022xxx@1)oh oh       Ah ah ah
D5 (xx023x@1)           E5Oh (022xxx@1)oh oh       Ah ah ah     etc.

Em (022000@1)                             G*
But hidden in the writing on the wall
 Em (022000@1)                         CMany (x32010@1)are the beauties of the fall.





Chords Used
Em 022000
G  3x0033
C  x32010
D  xx0232
D5 xx023x
E5 xx245x
* = Arpeggio

The guitar part in the hook goes as follows:
e|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------| x8
"when even heroes have to die..."



The solo starts out something like - Hope someone with a better ear can get the rest of 
it posted! :D

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7h9-----7-7-------7h9--7------------------------------|
A|----------------------------9---7---5-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------7----------------|
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