Teri Lee – Some Kind Of Hero chords
Chords:
[Verse 1]F#m C#Will you do me a favor, pianoman, please?A EI want you to write me a songA E C#7They call me the Hero of Antelope’s RunF#m C#m F#mAnd I’ve got to show em' they’re wrongA EYou see, it all started a week agoF#m C#mIn the bar down on corridor threeF#m E A C#There was nobody there but the regular bums:F#m C#m F#mTwo losers, the barman, and meF#m C#mSlopping up booze in the north corner boothA Bm C#Was the old man they called Captain JedF#m C#m‘Cause he owned a tramp freighter, the old AntelopeF#m C#m F#mA ship that, like him, was half deadD A C#mNow Molly, they say, was a crack pilot onceBm E AA gal with a brilliant careerF#m E A C#But then she started doping on Regulus OneF#m C#m F#mAnd finally washed out down here[Verse 2]F#m C#And me, well, I wanted the Navy, badA EBut it seems that they didn’t want meA E C#7So I stopped chasing stars, started sweeping up barsF#m C#m F#mFor bed, board, and all my drinks freeA EIt was quiet that night, with the docks closed downF#m C#mThere was nothing due in for a weekF#m E A C#Not a ship was in port but the old AntelopeF#m C#m F#mWhen the red alert started to shriek:F#m C#mThe whole station shook like a hurt living thingA Bm C#Then the lights dimmed and faded awayF#m C#mThen the gravity went, and the air pumps cut outA C#m F#mAnd the bartender started to prayD A C#m“Ah, stow that bilge, head for the Antelope now!”Bm E AJed’s voice cut the dark like a knifeF#m E A C#“The station reactors gone critical loadF#m C#m F#mSo run to the docks for your life!”[Verse 3]F#m C#When we got to the docks, we found waiting out thereA EEvery soul that had been left aliveA E C#7They begged with their eyes for poor old Captain JedF#m C#m F#mTo tell them all how to surviveA E“Break out the suits,” said the captain to themF#m C#m“For it’s dark and it’s airless and coldF#m E A C#But I swear I can get you all out of here safeF#m C#m F#mPacked in to the Antelope’s hold.”F#m C#m“Molly,” he asked, “Can you navigate?”A Bm C#“Aye,” she said. “Who do we have for a crew?”F#m C#m“The Antelope needs only three hands,” he saidF#m C# F#m“And I think our young friend here will do.”D A C#mThe confident look that he flashed at me thenBm E AMade my heart turn over with prideF#m E A C#I never once thought about backing awayF#m C#m F#mI think I would rather have died[Verse 4]F#m C#mTwo hundred alive in the Antelope’s holdA EAnd the Captain, and Molly, and meA E C#7We slammed the locks just as the station blew wideF#m C#m F#mJed hit the main jets to get freeA ENow, that kind of G-force is rough on the heartF#m C#mToo much for his ticker to takeF#m E A C#So when we came around and we saw how he layF#m C#m F#mWe knew Captain Jed wouldn’t wakeF#m C#m So I took the comm, and the engineer boardA Bm C#And Molly took helm and the navF#m C#mWith the manual spread out all over the deckF#m C#m F#mAnd her mind for what they didn’t haveD A C#mShe worked at that comp like a crazy machineBm E AWhile her hands shook like grass in the breezeF#m E A C#But her skills were still sharp, and she jumped us three timesF#m C#m F#m Never minding the shakes and DTs[Verse 5]F#m C#Three jumps made clean, only one more was leftA EWhen the ship’s alarm started to blast -A E C#7Her old worn-out seals had come loose in the stressF#m C#m F#m We were losing our heat and air fastA EOn the bridge, there was only one vacuum suit leftF#m C#mWell, they say Lady Luck is stone blindF#m E A C#“Heads or tails,” was the question I started to askF#m C#m F#mWhen I felt myself hit from behindF#m C#mWhen I came to again, I was sealed in the suitA Bm C#She was belted down tight in her chairF#m C#mWith her hands on the console, a smile on her lipsF#m C#m F#mAnd the ice on her face and her hairD A C#m“Here’s the instructions to get us all home,”Bm E AI saw she had left on the screenF#m E A C#“If any old shipmates should ask after meF#m C#m F#mJust tell em' I finally died clean.”[Verse 6]F#m C#I made the last jump just like she told me toA EAnd I brought the ship in like she saidA E C#7They call me a hero now, for what I didF#m C#m F#mBut they don’t mention Molly or JedA ESo write me that song now, pianoman, pleaseF#m C#mAnd sing it out often and loudF#m E A C#So they all know the story of one kind of heroF#m C#m F#mThe kind that makes everyone proudF#m C#m For some kind of heroes are lunkheads like meA Bm C#Who only do things that they’re toldF#m C#mAnd some kinds of hero are out for the gloryF#m C#m F#mThey’re heroes on purpose, and boldD A C#mSome become heroes for bravery, sureBm E And some just because all is lostF#m E A C#But a few are true heroes, like Molly and JedF#m C#m F#mWho give without counting the cost