• Song:

    Action Hero

  • Artist:

    Fountains of Wayne

  • Album:

    Sky Full of Holes

Action Hero
Fountains of Wayne
Key: E

| E| (022100@1)E| (022100@1)E| (022100@1)E| (022100@1)
E (022100@1)                         Emaj9Sometime (021102@1)after sunset he is on his hands and knees
      E7 (020130@1)                        AHe (x02220@1)is searching for his keys at a small Vietnamese 
         Am (x02210@1)     |E    |  E (022100@1)|
Place on East 11th Street 
    E (022100@1)                                 Emaj9His (021102@1)daughters both at once say, "Can we just get going please?"
       E7As (020130@1)his wife begins to sneeze
        A (x02220@1)                      Am (x02210@1)           |E     |  E (022100@1)|
And his son is throwing peas and eating with his feet

A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)       B5 (x244xx@1)       Ab (xx1114@1)               C#mHe's (x13321@4)an action hero   and he should be fighting crime
A (x02220@1)                 E (022100@1)           Ab (xx1114@1)           C#mLeaping (x13321@4)between the buildings and racing against time
        A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)     AHe's (x02220@1)an action hero, he's an action hero
       E (022100@1)  | E| (022100@1)A| (x02220@1)In his mind              
A (x02220@1)    C#m| (x13321@4)C#m| (x13321@4)B| (x2444x@1)In his mind

| B (x2444x@1)       |E     | E| (022100@1)A| (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)       |C#m | C#m| (x13321@4)B| (x2444x@1)B| (x2444x@1)     Ohhh oh oh oh              Ohhh oh oh oh

| E| (022100@1)E| (022100@1)E| (022100@1)E| (022100@1)
E (022100@1)                                   Emaj9He (021102@1)drops by Mount Sinai where they're running through some tests
            E7And (020130@1)they've taped things to his chest
            A (x02220@1)                     Am (x02210@1)             E (022100@1)  | E| (022100@1)And they're all doing their best to make him feel at ease 
    E (022100@1)                               Emaj9The (021102@1)doctor says, "It's really just an educated guess.
     E7 (020130@1)       
I suggest you get some rest.
       A (x02220@1)                             Am (x02210@1)              E (022100@1)   | E| (022100@1)Try to cut back on the stress 'cause I don't like what I see."

A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)      B5 (x244xx@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab                   C#mBut (x13321@4)the action hero swears he feels just fine
A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)        Ab (xx1114@1)             C#m (x13321@4)  
He's got to finish saving the world for all mankind
        A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)     A (x02220@1)| Amaj7| (x02120@1)F#m| (244222@1)
He's an action hero, he's an action hero
         A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)  | E| (022100@1)A| (x02220@1)
And he's racing against time
     A (x02220@1)            C#m| (x13321@4)C#m| (x13321@4)B| (x2444x@1)He's racing against time

| B (x2444x@1)       |E     | E| (022100@1)A| (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)       |C#m | C#m| (x13321@4)B| (x2444x@1)     Ohhh oh oh oh              Ohhh oh oh oh
| B (x2444x@1)       |E     | E| (022100@1)A| (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)       |C#m | C#m| (x13321@4)B| (x2444x@1)     Ohhh oh oh oh              Ohhh oh oh oh
             There goes the action hero (3x)
| B (x2444x@1)       |E     | E| (022100@1)A| (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)       |C#m | C#m| (x13321@4)B| (x2444x@1)     Ohhh oh oh oh              Ohhh oh oh oh
             There goes the action hero (3x)
     B (x2444x@1)            D (xx0232@1) | D| (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)| A| (x02220@1)E| (022100@1)He's racing against time               



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Verse walkdown
E (022100@1)     = 022100
Emaj9   = 021100
E7 (020130@1)    = 020100

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