Even Heroes Have to Die Chords & Lyrics by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Even Heroes Have to Die

guitar chords lyrics

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

This is a fun song to play. It's got an interesting structure but the chords are very simple.

Standard tuning - No Capo
See below for chorus and chords


C C
Well!

D G C

Didn't you look sharp in your boots when you met me on the path? Oh
D G C
Two tone to downtown Beirut but only half way back. Oh
Em G*
Stealing bits of wisdom from the shelf
Em C D
Turned prisons into prisms on the self. Oh Oh


D G C
And what do they know about the spring time of me and you? Ooh
D G C
Born in the midst of the long hot summer we lived through. Ooh
Em G*
Did they see you run for every rhyme?
Em C D
Did we run for running out of time? Oh Oh


Chorus:
When even heroes have to die
No one lives forever, love
And no one's wise to try

D5 E5
Oh oh oh Ah ah ah
D5 E5
Oh oh oh Ah ah ah etc.

Play D5 / E5 through the solo


Em G*
Adding our own wisdom to the shelf
Em C D
Stealing bits of paper, we had health. Oh Oh

D G C
Working away did we miss the passing of the time? Oh
D G C
In your own flame you can wither, but your passions still outshine. Oh
Em G*
Did you read the writing on the wall?
Em C D
Prophesying a doom upon us all. Oh Oh


Chorus:
That even heroes have to die
No one lives forever, love
And no one's wise to try


D5 E5
Oh oh oh Ah ah ah
D5 E5
Oh oh oh Ah ah ah etc.


Em G*
But hidden in the writing on the wall
Em C
Many are the beauties of the fall.





Chords Used
Em 022000
G 3x0033
C x32010
D xx0232
D5 xx023x
E5 xx245x
* = Arpeggio

The guitar part in the hook goes as follows:
e|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------| x8
"when even heroes have to die..."



The solo starts out something like - Hope someone with a better ear can get the rest of
it posted! :D

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7h9-----7-7-------7h9--7------------------------------|
A|----------------------------9---7---5-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------7----------------|