Even Heroes Die(Chords)

	        
 
  


Intro: Am Am/G F G    

verse 1 

Am           Am/G         F   G 
Midnight at Graceland in '72 
Am               Am/G             F          G 
Shooting TV with groupies in the Jungle Room 
Am                 Am/G       Am/F#      Am/F 
A little fame and fortune was all he had left 
C                 G         C    
He had become a parody of himself 

verse 2 

 Am           Am/G         F          G 
They dug his grave by the kitchen door 
 Am                         Am/G             F         G 
And millions of blue-haired ladies took the guided tour 
 Am         Am/G          Am/F#     Am/F 
His Chinese fan club came over on a boat 
 C                         G             C   
And took pictures at his birthplace in Tupelo 

F         C      G                C      
Some disappear, they drop out of sight 
F              C             G 
Some stay too long and get crucified 
           F                      C 
Whoa this world ain't no place to be 
              E7        Am   Am/G    C G              Am   Am/G  F  G (2x) 
When you're larger than life,        Ohhh even heroes die 


verse 3 

 Am         Am/G           F       G 
Over on the poor side of Birmingham 
 Am                     Am/G               F         G 
He was preaching on the corner but nobody gave a damn 
 Am             Am/G          Am/F#      Am/F 
Except a couple hookers and a homeless man 
 C        G          C 
A dozen losers were his best friends 

verse 4 

 Am                       Am/G              F         G 
At the church across the street, they were raising hell 
 Am                        Am/G             F               G 
They said if he is a man of God, why do his old clothes smell 
 Am                 Am/G      Am/F#           Am/F 
They ran him out of town for disturbing the peace 
C              G         C   
He died on a shelter cot in his sleep 

F          C     G                C      
Some disappear, they drop out of sight 
F              C              G 
Some stay too long and get crucified 
            F                     C 
Whoa this world ain't no place to be 
             E7          Am   Am/G  Am/F#                
When you're larger than life,    
 C G               Am   Am/G   Am/F#  
Whoa, even heroes die  
C  G               Am   Am/G    F     G    Am           
Whoa, even heroes die

	        

Written by Billy Maddox/Paul Thorn