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Some Kind of Hero - Elvis Costello

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Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Some Kind Of Hero - Elvis Costello®

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Intro:

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|----2----0-0----------0-|
D|---2----2-------0----2--|
A|-0-----3-------2----2---|
E|--------------3----0----|

This last part is played (4x)

Song -Chorus- (bar chords):

B B B (7); Em Em Em Em (0); G G G (3); D D D D (10);

D D D (10); G G G G (3); A A A (5); B B B B (7);

B B B (7); Em Em Em Em (0); G G G (3); B B B B (7);

B B B (7); Em Em Em Em (0)x2; G G G (3); Em Em Em Em (0)

Solo:

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----------0------------12--------------------------|
D|----9----2-----5-----12------12----5-5----7----9-9-|
A|---9----2-----5----12------12-----5------7----9----|
E|--7----0-----3---10------10------3------5----7-----|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|----------0----------------------0-----------0-|
D|----9----2-----5----9-9----9----2-----5-----2--|
A|---9----2-----5----9------9----2-----5-----2---|
E|--7----0-----3----7------7----0-----3-----0----|

Chorus (2x) then play (with chords barred):

G G G (3); A A A A (5); G G G (3); Em Em Em Em (0) -Play this line (4x)

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|----2----0-0----------0-|
D|---2----2-------0----2--|
A|--0----3-------2----2---|
E|--------------3----0----|

This last part is played (4x) and moves into outro (outro played as normal chords):

D D D; A A A A; Em Em Em Em; A A A A -Play this line (4x) then move into:

A A A; E; E E E -Play this line (4x) ending on D (let ring)

End

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