Tab Gitar Alec Benjamin – Death of a hero Versi 1

"Death of a Hero" by Alec Benjamin (Capo is on the 4th fret, and Alec palm mutes almost all of the notes in the song, but it's your choice how to play.) [Intro] e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-| G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----2-----2-----4-----4-----| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| x2 [Verse 1] e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-| G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----2-----2-----4-----4-----| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| x7 "I was in Pittsburgh when I saw Superman in the backroom He was doing lines or something in the bathroom I barely recognized him at all I saw him doing things you shouldn't do with all that power I wish someone would have thrown him in the shower I barely recognized him at all" Continue this riff for the rest of the verse until the last 2 measures of the verse Which will be: e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------0-----------| G|---0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-------------| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-------2-----2---------------| A|-------------------------3-----3-----------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| x1 [Chorus 1] e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------| G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----2-----2-------2-----2---| A|-------------------------------------3-----3-----| E|-------------------------------------------------| x8 "That night I put my youth in a casket And buried it inside of me That night I saw through all the magic Now I'm a witness to the death of a hero I burned all the pictures in the attic And threw away the magazines That night I saw through all the magic And now I'm a witness to the death of a hero" The second verse is the same as the first. [Verse 2] e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-| G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----2-----2-----4-----4-----| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| x7 "I tried to look away but you can't look away from a trainwreck The things you said to girls, well they were shameless I barely recognized him at all I tried to help but he said he was just too far from saving And nothing I could say was gonna change him I barely recognized him at all" Then for the last 2 measures of the 2nd verse: e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------0-----------| G|---0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-------------| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-------2-----2---------------| A|-------------------------3-----3-----------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| x1 [Chorus 2] e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------| G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----2-----2-------2-----2---| A|-------------------------------------3-----3-----| E|-------------------------------------------------| x8 "That night I put my youth in a casket And buried it inside of me That night I saw through all the magic Now I'm a witness to the death of a hero I burned all the pictures in the attic And threw away the magazines That night I saw through all the magic And now I'm a witness to the death of a hero" [Bridge] (Which is the same as the verse) e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-| G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----2-----2-----4-----4-----| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| x4 "The death of a hero, he couldn't be saved Now I'm cutting the grass and I'll cover his grave I'll cover his grave The death of a hero, I'm turning the page Now I'm cutting the grass and I'll cover his grave I'll cover his grave" [Chorus 3] e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------| G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0-----0-| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----2-----2-------2-----2---| A|-------------------------------------3-----3-----| E|-------------------------------------------------| x8 "That night I put my youth in a casket And buried it inside of me That night I saw through all the magic Now I'm a witness to the death of a hero I burned all the pictures in the attic And threw away the magazines That night I saw through all the magic And now I'm a witness to the death of a hero" And then end after the chorus. Hope this helped!