The Hero--Kris Kristofferson
written by K. Kristofferson

Corrections welcome.

Capo I

INTRO:  E Esus4 E  A (2x)
     
       E                                Esus4        E           
Don't you like to see the hero take his licks like a man
                              A6
Stand up and be tested and be true
           E                         Esus4          E
Would you like to be a hero in your life, well you can
      A                
Even though it's up to you


Would you trade your place with Jesus on the cross if you could
Shinin through eternity
Would it bother you to know that you can be just as good
As you really wanna be


And if you're bound to do your duty then it's time that you do
Look your future in the face
For the most important person in your life, which is you
Or the whole damn human race


CHORUS:
          B                         E
There's a holy band of angels flyin high through the night
                     A6
Where no mortal ever trod
        B                  E                 Esus4  E
Singin holy holy holy holy-oh Jesus Christ
        A            E
Is the Lord Almighty God

(Spoken)

You see the good thing is
You don't have to be as good as Jesus to start out with
All you gotta do is ask yourself, how would Gary cooper have done it
Or John Kennedy, or Martin Luther King, or Malcolm X


CHORUS

 E         A     E         A      E        A    E    B
(Holy holy holy, holy holy holy, holy holy holy holy-oh
B          A     B        A       B       A     B   E
Holy holy holy, holy holy holy, holy holy holy holy-oh)


NOTE: I didn't put in all the Esus4 chords...it's sort of a riff he does...
use your best judgement.

CHORDS:

E 	 022100
Esus4 	 022200
A 	 x02220
A6 	 x02222 (you don't have to use this one if you really don't want to...)
B 	 x24442