Written by Don Schlitz and Randy Travis

You'll find this on the album "Heroes and Friends" January 1991 and 
"The Very Best of Randy Travis" August 2004

  A                       E            A      
I ain't lived forever but I've lived e-nough  
         F#m            D               A             E  
and I've learned to be gentle and I've learned to be tough  
     F#m         D               A           D  
I've found only two things that last to the end  
A                      E          A   
One is your heroes the other your friends  


Chorus
  
     D                                     A  
Your heroes will help you find good in yourself  
     E                             D        A  
your friends won't forsake you for somebody else.  
        D                             A                 F#m  
They'll both stand beside you through thick and through thin  
    A                       E          A  
and that's how it goes with heroes and friends 



  A                      E            A   
I grew up with cowboys I watched on T-V  
   F#m            D             A         E 
My friends and I sometimes pre-tended to be  
     F#m         D      A       D  
Years have gone by but now and again  
A                                E          A 
my heart rides the range with my heroes and friends  


Chorus
  
     D                                     A  
Your heroes will help you find good in yourself  
     E                             D        A  
your friends won't forsake you for somebody else.  
        D                             A                 F#m  
They'll both stand beside you through thick and through thin  
    A                       E          D  
and that's how it goes with heroes and friends 
    A                       E          D        A
and that's how it goes with heroes and friends