Strawbs – Hero And Heroine (Ukulele)

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Hero and Heroine -- David Cousins Recorded by The Strawbs ================ Intro and bridge:

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Em DmSus2 Em DmSus2

Em              DmSus2
Hero's face was gaunt and tanned

    AmSus4          Em
His sail was set in search of land

    Gsus2             G
His life-raft, solely by him manned

                  Em
Was guided by the tide

Em           DmSus2
Heroine wore fleecy white

    AmSus4             Em
She beckoned like some savior bright

Gsus2               G
Shipwrecked sailors in the night

                        Em
Were bid welcome to her side

Where one man's search must surely cease The irresistible white fleece Led Hero in search of the peace Which she alone could offer Thus he knelt before her feet Wary lest their eyes should meet He knew his life was incomplete For he had yet to suffer Enticing Heroine, so calm Took Hero firmly by the arm Told him that she meant no harm, That she alone could save him Hero could no longer speak While realizing he was weak His life increasingly grew bleak For all the love she gave to him While storm clouds gathered high above The Heroine he grew to love Turned slowly to a snow white dove And spread her wings to fly Crushed and broken in the end Hero watched his sould ascend Knowing that he was condemned To sail all alone to die