Title: Hero of the Day
Artist: Metallica
Album: Load (1996)
Tuning: Standard: EADGBE
INTRO:
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INTERLUDE:
Mama they try and break me..................
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VERSE:
The windows burns to light the way back home
A light that warms no matter where they've gone
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CHORUS:
PmPm
They're off to find the hero of the day
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PmPm
But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way.....
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Still the window burns Time so slowly turns And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames Do ya feel your name? Can't you hear your babies crying?
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INTERLUDE 2:
Mama they try and break me...........
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Still they try and break me..........
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VERSE 2: (2 guitars)
Gtr. 1
'Scuze me while I tend to how I feel
These things return to me that still seem real
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CHORUS:
PmPm
Now deservingly this easy chair
But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair
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Don't want your aid But the first I've make For years can't hold or feel
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No, I'm not all me So please excuse me While I tend to how I feel
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BRIDGE:
Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm
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Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm
But now the dreams and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build the wall, behind the crawl
And hide until it's light
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Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm
So can you hear your babies cryin' now?
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SOLO:
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FILL: (2 guitars)
Gtr. 1
Still the window burns Time so slowly turns And someone there is sighing
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Gtr. 1
Keepers of the flames Do ya feel your name? Can't you hear your babies crying?
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BRIDGE:
Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm
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Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm
But now the dreams and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build the wall, behind the crawl
And hide until it's light
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Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm Pm
So can you hear your babies cryin' now?
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OUTRO: 2x
Mama they try and break me 3x
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Mama they try... Mama they try... + 2 time +
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