Death Of A Hero chords by 
Alec Benjamin 
Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
B
G#m
F#
B
B
G#m
F#
Verse 1
B
G#m
F#
I was in Pittsburgh when I saw a Superman
B
in the backroom
G#m
F#
He was doing lines or something
B
in the bath room
E
F#
B
G#m
F#
I barely recog nize him at all
Verse 2
B
I saw him doing
G#m
F#
B
things you shouldn't do with all that power
G#m
F#
I wish someone would have
B
thrown him in the shower
E
F#
B
E
B
I barely recog nize him at all
Chorus 1
B
G#m
E
That night I put my youth in a casket
B
G#m
E
And buried it in side of me
B
G#m
E
That night I saw through all the magic
B
G#m
E
Now I'm a witness to the death of a hero
B
G#m
E
I burned all the pictures in the attic
B
G#m
E
And threw away the magazines
B
G#m
E
That night I saw through all the magic
B
And now I'm a witness to the
G#m
E
B
G#m
death of a hero
Verse 3
B
I tried to look away
G#m
F#
B
but you can't look a way from a train wreck
G#m
F#
The things you said to girls,
B
well they were shame less
E
F#
B
G#m
F#
I barely recog nize him at all
Verse 4
B
G#m
I tried to help but he said
F#
B
he was just too far from saving
G#m
F#
And nothing I could say
B
was gonna change him
E
F#
B
I barely recog nize him at all
E
F#
Chorus 2
B
G#m
E
That night I put my youth in a casket
B
G#m
E
And buried it in side of me
B
G#m
E
That night I saw through all the magic
B
G#m
E
Now I'm a witness to the death of a hero
B
G#m
E
I burned all the pictures in the attic
B
G#m
E
And threw away the magazines
B
G#m
E
That night I saw through all the magic
B
And now I'm a witness to the
G#m
E
death of a hero
Bridge 1
B
The death of a hero, he couldn't be saved
G#m
Now I'm cutting the grass
F#
and I'll cover his grave
B
G#m
F#
I'll cover his grave
B
The death of a hero, I'm turning the page
E
Now I'm cutting the grass
F#
and I'll cover his grave
B
G#m
F#
I'll cover his grave
Chorus 3
B
G#m
E
That night I put my youth in a casket
B
G#m
E
And buried it in side of me
B
G#m
E
That night I saw through all the magic
B
G#m
E
Now I'm a witness to the death of a hero
B
G#m
E
I burned all the pictures in the attic
B
G#m
E
And threw away the magazines
B
G#m
E
That night I saw through all the magic
B
And now I'm a witness to the
G#m
E
death of a hero
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB G#m F# E
B
G#m
F#
E
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