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Song: Helden ["Heroes"] Written: D. Bowie, B. Eno, A. Maas Album: Heroes E.P. [1977] [English/German version] URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG6sXLQwlJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXV3rlr9G04 Tempo: 4|4 Style: Accompaniment as downward strums, 8 beats to the bar Tuning: Standard Chords: EADGBe D XX0232 G 320003 C/G 332010 Am X02210 Em 022000 INTRO: |D G |D G |   VERSE 1: [In English] D  I - G  I will be king, D  And you, G  You will be queen. C/G  Though nothing will, D  Drive them away.

We can ^C/Gbeat them, G D  Just for one day.  We can be^Am heroes, Em D  Just for one day

  VERSE 2: [In English] D  And you, G  You can be mean. D  And I, G  I'll drink all the time. C/G  'Cause we're lovers, D  And that is a fact. C/G  Yes we're lovers,

^G And that is^D that.   

VERSE 3: [In English]

 Though^D nothing, G  Will keep us together. D  G We could steal time, Just ^C/Gfor one ^Dday.  We^C/G can be heroes, ^G For ever and^D ever.^Am ^Em What d'you^D say? [Spoken]

 VERSE 4:

^D Du - G  Koenntest du schwimmen, D  Wie Delphine. G  Delphine es tun,  C/G D  Niemand gibt uns eine Chance.  Doch ^C/Gwir koennen siegen,  G D   Fuer immer und immer. Und wir sind dann ^AmHelden,  Em D  Fuer einem Tag.

:: INSTRUMENTAL :: |D G |D G |   VERSE 5:

^D Ich, -  G  Ich bin dann Koenig.  D  Und du,  G  Du Koenigin.  C/G  Obwohl sie , D  Unschlagbar scheinen . C/G  Werden wir Helden,  ^G Fuer einen^D Tag . Am  Wir sind dann wir , Em D  An diesem Tag   .

VERSE 6:

^D Ich, -  G  Ich glaubte zu träumen. [sie träumen]  D  Die Mauer , G  Im Ruecken war kalt. [so kalt]  ^D Schuesse reissen die^G Luft, [reissen die Luft]  D  Doch wir kuessen.  G  Als ob nichts geschieht, [nichts geschieht]  C/G D  Und die Scham fiel auf ihre Seite.    O wir koennen sie^C/G schlagen , Fuer alle ^GZeiten . Am  Dann sind wir Helden,  Em D  Nur diesen Tag .

INSTRUMENTAL REFRAIN: |D G |  CHORUS/BRIDGE: D G  Dann sind wir Helden.  D G  Dann sind wir Helden, D G  Dann sind wir Helden.

 Nur diesen^D Tag , G  Dann sind wir Helden   .

VERSE 7: [In English] D G  We're nothing, D G  And nothing will help us.

^C/G Maybe we're l^Dying, C/G G D  Then you better not stay. Am  But we could be safer, Em D  Just for one day.

CODA: D G  Oh-oh-oh…[Fade] [End] Notes. 1. This was a 1977 German release, 12": RCA / PC-9821 [GER], “’Heroes'"/"'Helden'" [English/German version] – 6:09. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Heroes%22_%28David_Bowie_song%29 2. “Guitarist Robert Fripp of King Crimson provided a harder-edged sound on ‘Heroes.’ Quotation marks were used around the title to express irony. Like ‘Low,’ ‘Heroes’ was recorded at Hansa Studios, known at the time as “Hansa by the Wall” for its proximity to the imposing structure that divided West from East Berlin. The view from the control room would inspire Bowie to write the title track. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-bowie-berlin-trilogy/?trackback=tsmclip” 3. Depending on your preference, the timbre of the guitar sounds more suitably sonorous, with strummed chords in the second position. 4. I’ll provide the English translation, if required? :-R

David Bowie - Helden