Ted Leo And The Pharmacists

Even Heroes Have To Die Ukulele Chords

This is a fun song to play. It's got an interesting structure but the chords are very simple.

Standard tuning - No Capo
See below for chorus and chords


F   F
       Well!

  C                            C                            F
Didn't you look sharp in your boots when you met me on the path? Oh
 C                       C                     F
Two tone to downtown Beirut but only half way back. Oh
Am                                 C
Stealing bits of wisdom from the shelf
Am                                  F      C
Turned prisons into prisms on the self. Oh Oh


 C                                C                    F
And what do they know about the spring time of me and you? Ooh
 C                        C                          F
Born in the midst of the long hot summer we lived through. Ooh
 Am                              C
Did they see you run for every rhyme?
 Am                             F      C
Did we run for running out of time? Oh Oh


Chorus:
          C     C         C    C
When even heroes have to 
C      C
die i i i i                                (hah)
C               C
No one lives forever, love
C            C
And no one's wise to try

G5             A5
Oh oh oh       Ah ah ah
G5             A5
Oh oh oh       Ah ah ah     etc.

Play D5 / E5 through the solo


 Am                            C
Adding our own wisdom to the shelf
 Am                              F        C
Stealing bits of paper, we had health. Oh Oh

 C                   C                        F
Working away did we miss the passing of the time? Oh
 C                         C                                   F
In your own flame you can wither, but your passions still outshine. Oh
 Am                              C
Did you read the writing on the wall?
 Am                         F      C
Prophesying a doom upon us all. Oh Oh

Chorus:
          C     C         C    C
When even heroes have to 
C      C
die i i i i                                
C               C
No one lives forever, love
C            C
And no one's wise to try


G5             A5
Oh oh oh       Ah ah ah
G5             A5
Oh oh oh       Ah ah ah     etc.


 Am                               C
But hidden in the writing on the wall
 Am                           F
Many are the beauties of the fall.





Chords Used
Am 022000
C  3x0033
F  x32010
C  xx0232
G5 xx023x
A5 xx245x


The guitar part in the hook goes as follows:
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------| x8
"when even heroes have to die..."




The Solo!!!:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7h9-----7-7-------7h9--7------------------------------|
A|----------------------------9---7---5-5-7-5-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------7----------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------9h11---11---9-11-9-7-|
D|----------------------------7---9---7-----7----------------------|
A|----5-5------5-7----5-7-9----------------------------------------|
E|--7--------7-----------------------------------------------------|