E (022100@1)                   Fm#Cm#           AWhen (x02220@1)I was a young boy,   I didn't need much
E (022100@1)               Fm#Cm#             AA (x02220@1)kind word or two,   or a warm touch
E (022100@1)         Fm#Cm#      ABut (x02220@1)instead,     I got a man
E (022100@1)                      Fm#Cm#             AWith (x02220@1)an empty beer bottle    and a screaming hand

[chorus]
E (022100@1)You are my hero x4
BOh (x2444x@1)no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
EYou (022100@1)are my hero x4
B (x2444x@1)Cm# (x13321@4)  AAnd (x02220@1)you're dying now

E (022100@1)        Fm#Cm#           AI (x02220@1)try my best, to still have fun
E (022100@1)             Fm#Cm#                ACowboys (x02220@1)and Indians, mud pies and cap guns
E (022100@1)          Fm#Cm#     ABut (x02220@1)instead, I got a man
E (022100@1)                  Fm#Cm#              AWith (x02220@1)an empty beer bottle and a screaming hand

[chorus]

E (022100@1)                    Cm# (x13321@4)       ABut (x02220@1)that young boy, he's older now
E (022100@1)                             Cm# (x13321@4)             AThought (x02220@1)life was simple, but he's finding out
E (022100@1)                           Cm# (x13321@4)       AJust (x02220@1)how hard things were, for his old man
E (022100@1)                       Cm# (x13321@4)           A (x02220@1)              
With an empty beer bottle and a screaming hand

E Cm# A x4