intro: 
Gm - F - Bbsus2 - Csus2/ - Gm - F/A - F
 
GmFBbsus2 (Bbsus2) I knew he was different in his sexuality
GmF/AF I went to his parties as the straight minority
GmFBbsus2 (Bbsus2) He never seemed a threat to my masculinity
GmF/AF He only intro - duced me to a wider reality
 
Ebsus2Gm As the years went by -
FBbsus2 (Bbsus2) we drifted a - part
GmF/A When I heard that he was gone -
DmCsus2Bbsus2 / I felt a shadow cross my heart
 But he's nobody's 
Dm He - ro
Csus2AmG Saves a drowning child, Cures a wasting disease
F He - ro
DmCsus2G Lands a crippled airplane, Solves great mysteries
Dm He - ro
Csus2AmG Not the handsome actor, who plays the hero's role
F He - ro
DmCsus2 Not the glamour girl, who'd love to sell her soul
Am/ G/ Dm If anybody's buying No - body's hero
Break: Gm - F - Bbsus2 - Csus2/ - Gm - F/A - F - Ebsus2
 
GmFBbsus2 (Bbsus2) I didn't know the girl but I knew her family
GmF/AF All their lives were shattered in a nightmare of brutality
GmFBbsus2 (Bbsus2) They tried to carry on, tried to bear the agony
GmF/AF Tried to hold some faith in the goodness of humanity
 
Ebsus2Gm As the years went by -
FBbsus2 we drifted a - part
GmF/A When I heard that she was gone -
DmCsus2Bbsus2 - Gm / I felt a shadow cross my heart
 But she's nobody's 
Dm He - ro -
Csus2AmG Is the voice of reason, against the howling mob
F He - ro
DmCsus2G Is the pride of purpose, in the unre - warding job
Dm He - ro
Csus2AmG Not the champion player, who plays the perfect game
F He - ro
DmCsus2 Not the glamour boy, who loves to sell his name
Am/ G/ Dm Everybody's buying No - body's hero
Gm - F - Bbsus2 - Gm - F - Ebsus2 - 
Gm - F - Bbsus2 - Gm - F/A -
 
EbGm As the years went by -
FBbsus2 we drifted a - part
GmF/A When I heard that you were gone -
DmCsus2Bbsus2 / I felt a shadow cross my heart
 But she's nobody's 
Dm He - ro -
Csus2AmG Save a drowning child, cures a wasting disease
F He - ro
DmCsus2G Lands a crippled airplaine, solves great mysteries
Dm He - ro
Csus2AmG Not the handsome actor, who plays the hero’s role
F He - ro
DmCsus2 Not the glamour girl, who’d love to sell her soul
Am/ G/ Dm If anybody's buying No - body's hero
Csus2 - G
FDm - Csus2 - G Nobody's He - ro
DmCsus2 - Am - G He - ro nobody's
FDm - Csus2 - He - ro (start fading)
GDmCsus2 - Am - G He - ro nobody's
FDm - Csus2 He - ro
Gm 355333 F 133211 Bbsus2 x13311 Csus2 x35533 F/A x03211 Ebsus2 x11341 Dm xx0231 Csus2 x35533 Am x02210 G 320033 Eb xx1343