Should I become a hero
Text und Musik: H-J. Hoerder

Verse:
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My mother wrote me in a letter
that she's lonely
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now I'm on the road
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an walking - to the border.

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Standing at the riverside
I've to notice that - I'm sorry.

      D
The river is far too wide
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and controlled by soldiers - on lorries.

Chorus:
                      E               A
/: Should I become a hero, I ask you now :/

Verse:
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Well, I cried to my mother
standing on the other side

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Ta, ta, ta,
ta, ta, ta, time - is right.

      D
An I put off my luggage, my clothes
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and jumping into the water - my mother cried.

Chorus:
                      E               A
/: Should I become a hero, I ask you now :/

Solo

Chorus:
                       E              A
/: Should I become a hero, I ask you now :/

Verse:
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But  I thought mother,
I'm only 100 yards away from home

     D
I can't stop now swimming
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while the soldiers - come.

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And I drowned and soon noticed
that I had no breath any more.
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I only saw soldiers gun rising
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and cried mother: "you also com in' home soon!"

               E                           A
/: I cried: "Mother, you also comin' home soon!" :/

               E                A
/: Am I now a hero, I ask you now? :/