Local Hero

"local hero" artist : bruce springsteen album : lucky town | A# | D# | A# | D# A# i was driving through my hometown D# A# i was just kinda killin’ time when i seen a face staring out of black velvet painting F D# A# from the window of the five and dime i couldn’t quite recall the name D# A# but the pose looked familiar to me so i asked the salesgirl , "who was that man F A# between the doberman and bruce lee?" D# A# she said , "just a local hero" D# A# "local hero , " she said with a smile D# A# D# A# | A# | D# | A# | D# "yeah a local hero he used to live here for a while . " A# i met a stranger dressed in black at the train station D# A# he said , "son your soul can be saved" there’s beautiful women nights of low livin’ F D# A# and some dangerous money to be made there’s a big town ’cross the whiskey line D# A# and if we turn the right cards up they make us boss the devil pays off F A# and them folks that are real hard up D# A# they get their local hero D# A# yeah , somebody with the right style D# A# they get their local hero D# A# | A# | D# | A# | D# somebody with just the right smile A# well i learned my job i learned it well D# A# fit myself with religion and a story to tell D# A# first they made me the king then they made me pope D# A# | D# | A# | D# | A# | D# well , then they brought the rope A# i woke to a gypsy girl sayin’ , "drink this" D# A# well my hands had lost all sensation these days i’m feeling all right F D# A# ’cept i can’t tell my courge from my desperation from the tainted chalice D# A# wel i drunk some heady wine tonight i’m layin’ here but there’s something in my ear F A# sayin’ there’s a little town just beneath the floodline D# A# needs a local hero D# A# yeah , somebody with the right style D# A# lookin’ for a local hero D# A# yeah , someone with the right smile D# A# D# A# lookin’ for a local hero , yeah somebody woth the right smile ( fade out ) A# D# F - 6 - - 6 - - 1 - - 6 - - 8 - 1 - - 7 - - 8 - - 2 - - 8 - - 8 - - 3 - - 8 - - 6 - - 3 - - 6 - - - - - 1 -