A                                   D                E
When I was young I used to trade my comic books for homemade guns

       F#                           E                 A
and little cowboys on the run were killers just like me.

We'd hang those dirty outlaws high

D                      E
with rawhide ropes and binder twine.

F#
Red Rider was a friend of mine, 

  E             A
A hero just for me.

  A                                D                E
I remember when we stole a can of tobacco from the hired hands

F#
and seein' as how we were workin' men

E                      A
we smoked 'til we were green.

A
And we could spit and we could fight,

       D                  E    
And we'd believe each other's lies,

F#
Riding fast and ridin' high

   E               A
For all the world to see.


CHORUS

D                       A
Whatever happened to my heroes,

D                              A        E
They don't make 'em like they did in '54.

    A
But they were there when I needed them,

   D
I wish they's all come back again,
       A                 E       A
'cause I don't have no heroes anymore.


A
They traveled through my memories,

       D            E
Those riders in a legacy

  F#
I know they all remembered me,

     E               A
They called me by my name.


Then, like a ghost from yesterday,

   D              E
My heroes thunder on their way

F#                           E      A
Back into a lonely grave for all eternity


CHORUS

D                       A
Whatever happened to my heroes,

D                              A        E
They don't make 'em like they did in '54.

    A
But they were there when I needed them,

   D
I wish they's all come back again,
       A                 E       A
'cause I don't have no heroes anymore.


CHORUS (TWICE)

D                       A
Whatever happened to my heroes,

D                              A        E
They don't make 'em like they did in '54.

    A
But they were there when I needed them,

   D
I wish they's all come back again,
       A                 E       A
'cause I don't have no heroes anymore.



D                       A
Whatever happened to my heroes,

D                              A        E
They don't make 'em like they did in '54.

    A
But they were there when I needed them,

   D
I wish they's all come back again,
       A                 E       A
'cause I don't have no heroes anymore.