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Did You Know? My Hero is dedicated to ordinary, everyday heroes because Dave Grohl himself never had musical or sports heroes growing up as a child. It's commonly believed to be about Dave Grohl's former bandmate in Nirvana Kurt Cobain and in a 1997 interview Grohl said - "There's definitely an element of Kurt in that song"
American Songwriter Magazine considers My Hero to be the best Foo Fighters song.
In 2008 Senator Join McCain used the song without permission during campaign rallies. The Foo Fighters responded - "It's frustrating and infuriating that someone who claims to speak for the American people would repeatedly show such little respect for creativity and intellectual property... The saddest thing about this is that 'My Hero' was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song."
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Blue Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: Yellow Pick
Most Advanced Chord Change: Blue Pick (Orange Pick when played with Open Chords Only)
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My Hero Chords And Strumming, Foo Fighters (acoustic)
Open Chords:
Open E chord
Open C#sus2 chord x4x44x
Open Asus2 chord
Tempo: 138 bpm Key: E
Strumming:
Verse -
"Everyman*": |D D U U D |
"Miss 1 & 4": |(m) D D U(m) |
Chorus - (Miss 2*/Straight 8s* with rajeo)
|D (m) D D D D |D D D D D D D Du|
Intro -
| |E - - C#sus2 |- - - - || x 4
(Everyman*/Miss 1&4)
Verse 1 -
| |E - - C#sus2 |- - - - || x 8
(Everyman*/Miss 1&4)
(E) Too a(C#sus2)larming now to (E)talk about (C#sus2)
(E) Take your (C#sus2)pictures down and (E)shake it out (C#sus2)
(E) Truth or (C#sus2)consequence (E)say it a(C#sus2)loud
(E) Use that (C#sus2)evidence (E)race it a(C#sus2)round
Chorus -
| |Asus2 - - - |Asus2 - - - |Asus2 - - - |Asus2 - - - |
|E - - - |E - - - |E - - - |E - - - | | x 2
(Miss 2*/Straight 8s* / Miss 2*/Straight 8s* )
(Asus2x4) There goes my hero watch him as he (Ex4)goes
(Asus2x4) There goes my hero he's ordinary (Ex4)
Fill -
Verse 2 -
| |E - - C#sus2 |- - - - || x 8
(Everyman*/Miss 1&4)
(E) Don't the (C#sus2)best of them (E)bleed it out? (C#sus2)
(E) While the (C#sus2)rest of them (E)peter out (C#sus2)
(E) Truth or (C#sus2)consequence (E)say it a(C#sus2)loud
(E) Use that (C#sus2)evidence (E)race it a(C#sus2)round
Chorus -
| |Asus2 - - - |Asus2 - - - |Asus2 - - - |Asus2 - - - |
|E - - - |E - - - |E - - - |E - - - | | x 2
(Miss 2*/Straight 8s* / Miss 2*/Straight 8s* )
(Asus2x4) There goes my hero watch him as he (Ex4)goes
(Asus2x4) There goes my hero he's ordinary (Ex4)
Fill -
Middle 8 -
| |E - - C#sus2 |- - - - || x 8
(Everyman*/Miss 1&4)
| |E - - C#sus2 |- - - - || x 4
(Everyman*/Miss 1&4)
(E) Kudos, my (C#sus2)hero (E)leaving all the (C#sus2)best
(E) You know my (C#sus2)hero the (E)one that's on (C#sus2)
Chorus -
| |Asus2 - - - |Asus2 - - - |Asus2 - - - |Asus2 - - - |
|E - - - |E - - - |E - - - |E - - - | | x 4
(Miss 2*/Straight 8s* / Miss 2*/Straight 8s* )
(Asus2x4) There goes my hero watch him as he (Ex4)goes
(Asus2x4) There goes my hero he's ordinary (Ex4)
(Asus2x4) There goes my hero watch him as he (Ex4)goes
(Asus2x4) There goes my hero he's ordinary (Ex4)
Fill -
Final Chord Strum: Asus2
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Green Pick Level
My Hero Chords And Strumming, Foo Fighters (Electric)
Power Chords:
Open E5 power chord 022xxx
C#5 power chord x466xx
Open A5 power chord x022xx
Tempo: 154 bpm Key: E
Strumming:
Guitar 1 -
"Straight 8s": |D U D U D U D U |
Intro -
Guitar 2 - (With bass, no Guitar 1)
Guitar 1 -
| |E5 - - C#5 |- - - - || x 4
Guitar 2 -
Guitars 1 & 2 -
Verse 1 -
Guitar 1 -
| |E5 - - C#5 |- - - - || x 8
Guitar 2 -
(E5) Too a(C#5)larming now to (E5)talk about (C#5)
(E5) Take your (C#5)pictures down and (E5)shake it out (C#5)
(E5) Truth or (C#5)consequence (E5)say it a(C#5)loud
(E5) Use that (C#5)evidence (E5)race it a(C#5)round
Chorus -
Guitars 1 & 2 -
(A5) There goes my hero watch him as he (E5)goes
(A5) There goes my hero he's ordinary (E5)
Fill -
Verse 2 -
Guitar 1 -
| |E5 - - C#5 |- - - - || x 8
Guitar 2 -
(E5) Don't the (C#5)best of them (E5)bleed it out? (C#5)
(E5) While the (C#5)rest of them (E5)peter out (C#5)
(E5) Truth or (C#5)consequence (E5)say it a(C#5)loud
(E5) Use that (C#5)evidence (E5)race it a(C#5)round
Chorus -
Guitars 1 & 2 -
(A5) There goes my hero watch him as he (E5)goes
(A5) There goes my hero he's ordinary (E5)
Fill -
Middle 8 -
| |E5 - - C#5 |- - - - || x 4
(E5) Kudos, my (C#5)hero (E5)leaving all the (C#5)best
(E5) You know my (C#5)hero the (E5)one that's on (C#5)
Chorus -
Guitars 1 & 2 -
(A5) There goes my hero watch him as he (E5)goes
(A5) There goes my hero he's ordinary (E5)
(A5) There goes my hero watch him as he (E5)goes
(A5) There goes my hero he's ordinary (E5)
Fill -
Final Chord Strum: A5
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My Hero Lyrics
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
There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He's ordinary
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
There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He's ordinary
Kudos, my hero leaving all the best
You know my hero, the one that's on
There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He's ordinary
There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He's ordinary
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