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"Local Hero" Artist: Bruce Springsteen Album: Lucky Town | Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb Bb I was driving through my hometown Eb Bb I was just kinda killin' time When I seen a face staring out of black velvet painting F Eb Bb From the window of the five and dime I couldn't quite recall the name Eb Bb But the pose looked familiar to me So I asked the salesgirl, "Who was that man F Bb Between the doberman and Bruce Lee?" Eb Bb She said, "Just a local hero" Eb Bb "Local hero," she said with a smile Eb Bb Eb Bb | Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb "Yeah a local hero he used to live here for a while." Bb I met a stranger dressed in black At the train station Eb Bb He said, "Son your soul can be saved" There's beautiful women nights of low livin' F Eb Bb And some dangerous money to be made There's a big town 'cross the whiskey line Eb Bb And if we turn the right cards up [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/bruce-springsteen/286998.html ] They make us boss the devil pays off F Bb And them folks that are real hard up Eb Bb They get their local hero Eb Bb Yeah, somebody with the right style Eb Bb They get their local hero Eb Bb | Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb Somebody with just the right smile Bb Well I learned my job I learned it well Eb Bb Fit myself with religion and a story to tell Eb Bb First they made me the king then they made me pope Eb Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb Well, then they brought the rope Bb I woke to a gypsy girl sayin', "Drink this" Eb Bb Well my hands had lost all sensation These days I'm feeling all right F Eb Bb 'Cept I can't tell my courge from my desperation From the tainted chalice Eb Bb Wel I drunk some heady wine Tonight I'm layin' here But there's something in my ear F Bb Sayin' there's a little town just beneath the floodline Eb Bb Needs a local hero Eb Bb Yeah, somebody with the right style Eb Bb Lookin' for a local hero Eb Bb Yeah, someone with the right smile Eb Bb Eb Bb Lookin' for a local hero, yeah somebody woth the right smile (fade out) Bb Eb F -6--6--1- -6--8-1- -7--8--2- -8--8--3- -8--6--3- -6-----1- |