Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Even Heroes Have to Die

      
 
 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
 
 C C     
   Well!
 
   D                            G                            C      
 Didn't you look sharp in your boots when you met me on the path? Oh
  D                       G                     C      
 Two tone to downtown Beirut but only half way back. Oh
 Em G*
 Stealing bits of wisdom from the shelf
 Em                                  C      D 
 Turned prisons into prisms on the self. Oh Oh
 
  D                                G                    C      
 And what do they know about the spring time of me and you? Ooh
  D                        G                          C        
 Born in the midst of the long hot summer we lived through. Ooh
 Em G*
 Did they see you run for every rhyme?
  Em                             C      D 
 Did we run for running out of time? Oh Oh
 
 Chorus:
 When even heroes have to die
 No one lives forever, love
 And no one's wise to try
 
 D5       E5      
 Oh oh oh Ah ah ah
 D5       E5           
 Oh oh oh Ah ah ah etc.
 
 Play D5 / E5 through the solo
 
 Em G*
 Adding our own wisdom to the shelf
  Em                              C        D 
 Stealing bits of paper, we had health. Oh Oh
 
  D                   G                        C     
 Working away did we miss the passing of the time? Oh
  D                         G                                   C      
 In your own flame you can wither, but your passions still outshine. Oh
 Em G*
 Did you read the writing on the wall?
  Em                         C      D 
 Prophesying a doom upon us all. Oh Oh
 
 Chorus:
 That even heroes have to die
 No one lives forever, love
 And no one's wise to try
 
 D5       E5      
 Oh oh oh Ah ah ah
 D5       E5           
 Oh oh oh Ah ah ah etc.
 
 Em G*
 But hidden in the writing on the wall
  Em                           C   
 Many are the beauties of the fall.
 
 
 
 Chords Used
 Em 022000
 G 3x0033
 C x32010
 D xx0232
 D5 xx023x
 E5 xx245x
 * = Arpeggio
 
 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 starts out something like - Hope someone with a better ear can get the rest of
 it posted! :D

 e|--------------------------------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--------------------------------------------------------|
 D|--7h9-----7-7-------7h9--7------------------------------|
 A|----------------------------9---7---5-------------------|
 E|---------------------------------------7----------------|