Holding Out For A Hero

Am
F
Am
Am
Am7~G
F
Esus4
E
Am
Am7~G
– Do do do do, – Do do do do,
F
Esus4
E
– Do do do do, – Aaah,       aaah
Am
Where have all the good men gone and
G
where are all the gods?
F
Where’s the street-wise Hercules
E
to fight the rising odds?
Am
Isn’t there a white knight
Em
upon a fiery steed?
Dm
Late at night I toss and turn and I
Esus4
E
dream of what I need.
Am
I need a hero,
Em
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night,
F
He’s gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast,
C
G
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight.
Am
I need a hero,
Em
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light,
F
He’s gotta be sure, and it’s gotta be soon,
C
G
And he’s gotta be larger than life.
Am
Larger than life. –
Am
Am7~G
– Do do do do, – Do do do do,
F
Esus4
E
– Do do do do, – Aaah,       aaah
Am
Somewhere after midnight in my
G
wildest fantasy,
F
Somewhere just beyond my reach
E
there’s someone reaching back for me.
Am
Racing on the thunder
Em
and rising with the heat
Dm
It’s gonna take a superman to
Esus4
E
sweep me off my feet, yeah!
Am
I need a hero,
Em
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night,
F
He’s gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast,
C
G
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight.
Am
I need a hero,
Em
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light,
F
Dm7
He’s gotta be sure, and it’s gotta be soon,
C
G
And he’s gotta be larger than life…
Am
I need a hero,
Em
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night
Am
Am
Up where the mountains meet the heavens above,
F
out where the lightning splits the sea,
Dm
E
Am
I could swear there is someone somewhere watching me.
Am
Through the wind and the chill and the rain,
F
and the storm and the flood,
Dm
E
Am
I can feel his approach like the fire in my blood
Cdim7
like the fire in my blood,
D~dim7
like the fire in my blood,
F~dim7
like the fire in my blood,
Adim7
like the fire in my –
Esus4
E
Aaah!,       Aaah!
Am
I need a hero,
Em
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night,
F
He’s gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast,
C
G
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight.
Am
I need a hero,
Em
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light,
F
He’s gotta be sure, and it’s gotta be soon,
C
G
And he’s gotta be larger than life.
Am
I need a hero,
Em
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night,
F
He’s gotta be strong and he’s gotta be fast,
C
G
And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight.
Am
I need a hero,
Em
I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light,
F
He’s gotta be sure, and it’s gotta be soon,
C
G
And he’s gotta be larger than life.

Am7~G

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G

Esus4

F

E

Adim7

D~dim7

Em

Cdim7

Am

Dm

F~dim7

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