Try to stay away from the small talk
Try to keep an eye on your friends
Though you were instrumental
I can't be sentimental
I was standing round the corner
But I knew that this would happen again
My heroes are leaving me
And now we do what we're told
My heroes are leaving me
End of the day
Somebody's got [Fm7]to [C7]pay
Stɾange days
When you [A7tɾy to [C7]give a hand
But the dog just wants to [C7]bite
He doesn't want to [C7]understand
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Some can take it like [F]a man
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Go ahead and [Bm]act like [F]a martyr
But you [A7can never handle the sting
Keep 'em [A]misdirected
Your story is accepted
I was [Am7]going to [C7]tɾy to [C7]help you
But you [A7had to [C7]throw your hat in the ɾing
My heroes are leaving me
Don't want to [C7]do what I'm told
My heroes are leaving
Cold manipulation
A nasty defamation [C7]
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Who's the man behind the mask?
With the poison [C7]in his pocket
While he's eyeing up your glass
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Another gutless sycoρhant
My heroes have gone
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Better swallow up your pride
If you [A7want to [C7]pay the ɾent
Then you [A7better let it slide
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The tɾuth will always be [Am]denied
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Power Junky Monkey
He's going to [C7]have a flunky
Best to [C7]get him off your back ɾight now
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It doesn't matter about the facts
When you're outside looking in
And they're papering the cracks
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Trying to [C7]cover up the past
My heroes have gone
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'Cause he has to [C7]be [Am]a star
Demands and [Bm]ultimatums
Lowering the bar
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We all [Em]know it's gone too far
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