My Hero Lyrics

My Hero by Foo Fighters
Guitars are heavily distorted 100% of the time.
Bass is played with a pick, and never moves away from the root notes.
Lexicon
|Bend: () eg, 4(5) means play the 4th fret, then bend to the 5th |
|Slide down: \ |
|Hammer-on: h |
Drums, then drums and bass intro (Bass is E and C#)
Intro: (one guitar, every note is picked, even the bend. This style carries throughout
song)
Verse:
Lead guitar: (repeat this riff through the entire verse)
Too alarming now to talk about
Take your pictures down and shake it out
Truth or consequence, say it aloud
Use that evidence, race it around
Chorus:
Both guitars:
There goes my
hero... watch him as he
goes...
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Both guitars:
There goes my
hero... he's ordinary
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Both guitars:
A5 (only one guitar play this riff)
Verse:
Lead guitar: (repeat this riff through the entire verse)
Don't the best of them bleed it out
While the rest of them peter out
Truth or consequence, say it aloud
Use that evidence, race it around
Chorus:
Both guitars:
There goes my
hero... watch him as he
goes...
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Both guitars:
There goes my
hero... he's ordinary
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Both guitars:
Transition into bridge: (Rhythm instruments play chords where indicated, only one
plays lead)
Bridge: (All instruments play chords)
Kudos my hero leaving all the best
You know my hero, the one thats on
Chorus:
Both guitars:
There goes my
hero... watch him as he
goes...
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Both guitars:
There goes my
hero... he's ordinary
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Both guitars:
There goes my
hero... watch him as he
goes...
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Both guitars:
There goes my
hero... he's ordinary
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Both guitars:
There's a lead out, that I didn't have a guitar to figure out (I tabbed this at work,
memory). In a live performance, it can be omitted.
Alternative fingering for chorus.
This is the first and third parts, where Dave is singing.
The second and fourth parts, where the guitar splits, is almost identical to the way
written above(in the song, not the alternative fingering), but let the low E ring throug,
keep the same pattern as the alternative fingering. (This method tends to be the best
method when you're playing the song by yourself, on an acoustic guitar.)