"Local Hero"
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: Lucky Town

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BbI (x1333x@1)was driving through my hometown
          Eb (x43121@3)               BbI (x1333x@1)was just kinda killin' time

When I seen a face staring out of black velvet painting
         F (133211@1)                   Eb (x43121@3)  BbFrom (x1333x@1)the window of the five and dime

I couldn't quite recall the name
 Eb (x43121@3)                       BbBut (x1333x@1)the pose looked familiar to me

So I asked  the salesgirl, "Who was that man
             F (133211@1)              BbBetween (x1333x@1)the doberman and Bruce Lee?"
                 Eb (x43121@3)        BbShe (x1333x@1)said, "Just a local hero"
 Eb (x43121@3)                           Bb"Local (x1333x@1)hero," she said with a smile
      Eb (x43121@3)        Bb (x1333x@1)       Eb (x43121@3)              Bb (x1333x@1)  | Bb| (x1333x@1)Eb| (x43121@3)Bb| (x1333x@1)Eb"Yeah (x43121@3)a local hero he used to live here for a while."

BbI (x1333x@1)met a stranger dressed in black

At the train station
   Eb (x43121@3)                     BbHe (x1333x@1)said, "Son your soul can be saved"

There's beautiful women nights of low livin'
          F (133211@1)                Eb (x43121@3)  BbAnd (x1333x@1)some dangerous money to be made

There's a big  town 'cross the whiskey line
         Eb (x43121@3)                  BbAnd (x1333x@1)if we turn the right cards up

They make us boss the devil pays off
         F (133211@1)                  BbAnd (x1333x@1)them folks that are real hard up
              Eb (x43121@3)       BbThey (x1333x@1)get their local hero
      Eb (x43121@3)                     BbYeah, (x1333x@1)somebody with  the right style
               Eb (x43121@3)      BbThey (x1333x@1)get their local hero
  Eb (x43121@3)                         Bb| (x1333x@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)Eb| (x43121@3)Bb| (x1333x@1)EbSomebody (x43121@3)with just the right smile

BbWell (x1333x@1)I learned my job I learned it well
     Eb (x43121@3)                        BbFit (x1333x@1)myself with religion and a story to tell
        Eb (x43121@3)                      BbFirst (x1333x@1)they made me the king then they made me pope
Eb (x43121@3)                            Bb| (x1333x@1)Eb| (x43121@3)Bb| (x1333x@1)Eb| (x43121@3)Bb| (x1333x@1)EbWell, (x43121@3)then they brought the rope

BbI (x1333x@1)woke to a gypsy girl sayin', "Drink this"
         Eb (x43121@3)                 BbWell (x1333x@1)my hands had lost all sensation

These days I'm feeling all right 
         F (133211@1)                    Eb (x43121@3)           Bb'Cept (x1333x@1)I can't tell my courge from my desperation

From the tainted chalice
     Eb (x43121@3)                 BbWel (x1333x@1)I drunk some heady wine

Tonight I'm layin' here

But there's something in my ear
       F (133211@1)                         BbSayin' (x1333x@1)there's a little town just beneath the floodline
       Eb (x43121@3)      BbNeeds (x1333x@1)a local hero
       Eb (x43121@3)                    BbYeah, (x1333x@1)somebody with the right style
              Eb (x43121@3)      BbLookin' (x1333x@1)for a local hero
       Eb (x43121@3)                    BbYeah, (x1333x@1)someone with the right smile
               Eb (x43121@3)     Bb (x1333x@1)     Eb (x43121@3)                   BbLookin' (x1333x@1) for a local hero, yeah somebody woth the right smile

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