Gene Watson – Everybody Needs A Hero (Guitar)

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Track 9 of 10 on the album "Honky Tonk Crazy" (1987) Track 9 of 13 on the album "Then And Now" (2005) Link to 2005 version of song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpRv9ItmSDk [Intro] F C Am C G7 C [Verse 1]
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He drove a '47 Buick Special

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Them dusty roads were hell on the shine

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And about once a week, he'd be down by the creek

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   And I'd help him wash it sometimes

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He had a pinstripe suit and a gold watch

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And a gold chain that hung from his chest

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And he drank a little and he gambled a lot

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   He was a wild one, I guess
[Chorus]
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Oh, but everybody needs a hero

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   Savannah Slim was mine

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When you're ten years old down in south Georgia

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   Heroes are hard to find
[Interlude] F C Am C G7 C [Verse 2]
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Lord, how he loved country music

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He played an old Gibson guitar

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At a roadhouse one night, he was called on to fight

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   Somebody pushed him too far

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So he served a little time in prison

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But he served four long years in the war

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It was in the Pacific where he got his tattoo

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Two hearts in blue on his arm
[Chorus]
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Oh, but everybody needs a hero, Lord

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   Savannah Slim was mine

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When you're ten years old down in south Georgia

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   Heroes are hard to find
[Verse 3]
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Now, Mama says I turned out just like him

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She worries and prays that I'll change

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I didn't know 'til a few days ago

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Why he sent me his gold watch and chain
[Chorus]
        F                  C
Oh, but everybody needs a hero

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   Savannah Slim was mine

            F             C             Am
When you're ten years old down in south Georgia

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   Heroes are hard to find

            F             C             Am
When you're ten years old down in south Georgia

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   Heroes are hard to find

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   Savannah Slim was mine