Local Hero chords by Bruce Springsteen
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 1
I was driv (G major)
ing through my hometown
I was just kinda (C major) (G major) killin' time
When I seen a face staring out
of a black velvet painting
From (D major) the window of the five (C major) and dime
(G major) I couldn't quite recall the name
But the pose looked familiar to me
So I asked the salesgirl "Who
was that man
Between the (D major) doberman and
Bruce Lee?" (G major)
She said "Just a local (C major) hero" (G major)
"Local (C major) hero" she said
with a smile (G major)
"Yeah a (C major) local hero (G major) he used to
(C major) live here for a while"
(G major) (C major) (G major)
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Verse 2
(C major) I (G major) met a stranger dressed in black
At the train station
He said (C major) "Son your soul
can be (G major) saved"
There's beautiful women
nights of low livin'
And (D major) some dangerous money
to (C major) be made
There's a (G major) big town 'cross
the whiskey line
And if we (C major) turn the right cards up (G major)
They make us boss the devil pays off
And them folk (D major) s that are real hard (G major) up
They get their (C major) local hero (G major)
Some (C major) body with the right style (G major)
They get their (C major) local hero
(G major) Some (C major) body with just
the right (G major) smile
(C major) (G major)
Verse 3
(C major) Well I learned my job I learned (G major) it well
Fit myself (C major) with religion
and a story (G major) to tell
First they (C major) made me the king
then they (G major) made me pope
Then (C major) they brought the rope
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 4
I woke to a (G major) gypsy girl
sayin' "Drink this"
Well my hand (C major) s had lost
all sensa (G major) tion
These days I'm feeling all right
'Cept I can (D major) 't tell my courage
from my (C major) desperation (G major)
From the tainted chalice
Well I drunk (C major) some heady wine (G major)
Tonight I'm layin' here
But there's something in my ear
Sayin' there's (D major) a little town just
beneath (C major) the (G major) floodline
Needs a local (C major) hero (G major)
Some (C major) body with the right style (G major)
Look (C major) in' (G major) for (C major) (G major)
a (C major) local her (G major) o
Someone (C major) with (G major) (C major)
(G major) the (C major) (G major) right smile
(C major) Local hero (G major) local hero (C major)
she said with a smile (G major)
(C major) Local hero (G major) he used to (C major) (G major) (C major) live here (G major) for
(C major) a (G major) (C major) while
Outro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Local Hero
Bruce Springsteen
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