Holding out for a hero    (intro) (midi)    (sample)

   Am – C – F – E        Am – C – F - E

   Am                                                                     Em

1.      Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods?

          F                                                  E

    Where's the street-wise Hercules to fight the rising odds?

Am                                         Em

    Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?

F                                                           E

    Late at night I toss and turn and I dream of what I need.

               Am                                    Em

I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night,

          F

he's gotta be strong, and he's gotta fast,

                 C                                G

and he's gotta be fresh from the fight.

               Am                                    Em

I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light,

          F

he's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon,

                C                             G

and he's gotta be larger than life.

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    Larger than       life.

   Am                                                      Em

2.     Somewhere after midnight, in my wildest fantasy,

      F                    

    somewhere just beyond my reach,

                  E

    there's someone reaching back for me.

Am                                          Em

    Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat,

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    it's gonna take a superman to sweep me off feet.

+ CHORUS +

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    I need a hero,  

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    I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night.

  Am

3.   Up where the mountains meet the heavens above,

F

    out where the lightning splits the sea,

Dm                                   E                                 Am

    I could swear there is someone somewhere watching me.

    Through the wind and the chill and the rain,

F

    and the storm and the flood,

Dm                            E                                   Am

    I can feel his approach like the fire in my blood.

    Like the fire in my blood, like the fire in my blood,

                                                                         Am    - E

    like the fire in my blood, like the fire in my blood ! Aah!

+ CHORUS  2x …..

    (Bonnie Tyler)