E|----N| OTES----
Live version is 1/2-step down:
-> use these chord shapes but with the guitar tuned down 1/2 step.
Dsus4 to D: these are two beats each; otherwise, everything lasts for four beats.
G6 can be played xx5430.
Often played as plain G in acoustic performances.
Source of G6:
    |
    v
E|----------3------------------------|
B|-/5----------1/3-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
    1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a

/ = slide up

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ORDER: V1 PC1 C1 C2 C3 V2 PC2 C4 B PC3 C5 C6


[VERSE 1]
      Am
Don’t tell the gods I left a mess
  Am/C                          D
I can’t undo what has been done
              Am    Am
Let’s run for cover
        Am
What if I’m the only hero left
    Am/C                     D
You better fire off your gun
            Am    Am
Once and forever


[PD-C HORUS 1]
             Am
He said, "Go dry your eyes

and live your life
     Am/C                      D
like there is no tomorrow, son
             Am
And tell the others
      Am
To go sing it like a hummingbird
    Am/C                       D n.c.
The greatest anthem ever heard"


[CHORUS 1]
                         Fmaj7  Am G6  
We are the heroes of our time
          Dsus4            D             Fmaj7   Am G6
But we’re dancing with the demons in our minds


[CHORUS 2]
Dsus4           D            Fmaj7
     We are the heroes of our time
           Am G6
     Heroes....
               Dsus4            D             Fmaj7
     But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
            Am G6 n.c.
     Heroes...


[CHORUS 3]
                         Fmaj7
We are the heroes of our time
      Am G6
Heroes....
          Dsus4            D             Fmaj7
But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
      Am G6   D
Heroes...


[VERSE 2]
    Am
The crickets sing a song for you
      Am/C                           D
Don’t say a word don’t make a sound - 
               Am      Am
It’s life's creation
       Am
I make worms turn into butterflies,
     Am/C                          D
wake up, and turn this world around
          Am
in appreciation


[PD-C HORUS 2]
         Am
He said, I never left your side -
              Am/C                     D
when you were lost I followed right behind,
             Am
was your foundation -
        Am
Now, go sing it like a hummingbird,
    Am/C                          D
the greatest anthem ever heard
          n.c.
(Now sing together)


[CHORUS 4]
                         Fmaj7
We are the heroes of our time
      Am G6  
Heroes....
          Dsus4            D             Fmaj7
But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
      Am G6 D
Heroes...

We are the heroes


[BRIDGE]
 Fmaj7           Am
(We keep dancing with the demons)
 G                   D
(You could be a hero)


[PD-C HROUS 3]
       Fmaj7
Now go sing it like a hummingbird
    Am                         G
The greatest anthem ever heard
           n.c.   n.c.
Now sing together


[CHORUS 5]
                         Fmaj7
We are the heroes of our time
      Am G6
Heroes....
          Dsus4             D            Fmaj7
But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
      Am G6 D
Heroes...


[CHORUS 6]
                         Fmaj7
We are the heroes of our time
                         (We keep dancing
    Am              G6
Heroes....
    with the demons, you could be a hero)
          Dsus4             D           Fmaj7
But we're dancing with the demons in our minds
                                        (We keep dancing
    Am              G6               D
Heroes....
    with the demons, you could be a hero)
                  Am
We are the heroes