E                     Fm# Cm#           A
When I was a young boy,   I didn?t need much
E                 Fm# Cm#             A
A kind word or two,   or a warm touch
E           Fm# Cm#      A
But instead,     I got a man
E                        Fm# Cm#             A
With an empty beer bottle    and a screaming hand

[chorus]
E 
You are my hero x4
B
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
E
You are my hero x4
B  Cm#    A
And you're dying now

E          Fm# Cm#           A
I try my best, to still have fun
E               Fm# Cm#                A
Cowboys and Indians, mud pies and cap guns
E            Fm# Cm#     A
But instead, I got a man
E                    Fm# Cm#              A
With an empty beer bottle and a screaming hand

[chorus]

E                      Cm#         A
But that young boy, he?s older now
E                               Cm#               A
Thought life was simple, but he?s finding out
E                             Cm#         A
Just how hard things were, for his old man
E                         Cm#             A                
With an empty beer bottle and a screaming hand 

E Cm# A x4