Mary Chapin Carpenter – Heroes And Heroines (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] C C [Verse 1]
C          Am7       Em                       F
Heroes and heroines, are scarcer than they've ever been

C                Am7               F               G
So much more to lose than win, the distance never greater     

C                      Am7     Em
Way back when you made history, by flying planes

  F
across the sea

C                 Am7           F   G        C   C
Embarking on your odyssey, you put away the danger
[Chorus 1]
F                Em      F
Heaven bless the one who flys

     Am7      G        F
A pioneer on frontier skies

    Em                      Am
The world was dark and your only mark

        D                     G      G
Was the light of the northern star

F                  Em      F
I imagine what was in your eyes

    Am       G        F
The seeds of rust and days gone by

     Em              Am
Your wings hang in a gallery sky

   F      G          C
I wonder how you're flyin’
[Interlude 1] |Am7///|Em///|F/G/|C [Verse 2]
C               Am7
Way out on the western plains

Em                    F
Snow drifts high and  dust wind burns

C                           Am7
The chinooks    blow  their winds,

 F           G          G
  Across the mountains

 C                  Am7
A life that's never safe and dry

Em           F
 Rodeos,     ridin’ high

C                Am7           F       G
Women and their men get by on six guns and white

    C
lightnin’
[Chorus 2]
F                 Em     F
Heaven bless them on the road,

Am7                 G         F
Drifters and their dreams of gold

C                        Am7                  D
The world was wide and a cowboy's soul could span

            G
the whole horizon

F                Em      F
Imagine what was in your eyes,

                        Em     F
the dust and dirt under outlaw skies

C                     Am7
A piece of land and a stubborn mind

 F             G           C
Were the only things worth havin’
[Interlude 2] |Am7///|Em///|F/G/|Am7///|Em///|F/G C| [Verse 3]
C                        Am7
Now they say the moon is dust and ash

Em             F
  California’s made of cash

C                       Am7
We’re waiting for those hills to crash

  F                G       C G
Into the sparkling waters

C                 Am7
Rain and snow and sun and wind

    Em                        F
You roamed the earth and you spread your wings

C           Am7            F          G
Long ago my hero's dreams belonged to all God's

C
creatures
[Chorus 2]
F                Em       F
Heaven bless the ones who sleep

    Am7                     G         F
The ones who laugh, and the ones who weep

Em               Am7
Heaven bless the ones who keep,

      D                     G      G
Their bearings strong and certain.

F             Em        F
Lord help the fool who said,

Am7                     G         F
You'd better quit while you're ahead

  Em                Am7
A dreamer born is a hero bred

    F        G     C
on earth and up in heaven.

F             Em        F
Lord help the fool who said,

Am7                     G       F
You'd better quit while you're ahead,

Em                Am7
Dreamers born are heroes bred

    F        G      C
on earth and up in heaven.
[Outro] |Am7///|Em///|F/G/|C