Here is how I play this song. To me this way sounds good when I play it and my wife sings the vocals.
It seems to work well for me.
Capo 1st Fret
Intro - Am C G5 Am C G5
Verse 1
Am C G5 G
She's never pulled anybody from a burning building
Am C G5 G Fsus2
She's never rocked Central Park to a Half a million fans screaming out her name
C/F
She's never hit a shot to win the game
Am C G5 G
She's never left her footprints on the moon
Am C G5 G Fsus2
She's never made a solo hot air balloon ride around the world
C/F
No she's just your everyday average girl but
Chorus 1
C G Am
She's somebody's hero
C/F C G
A hero to her baby with a skinned up knee
Am C/F
A little kiss is all she needs
C G Am
The keeper of the Cheerios
Am C
The voice that brings Snow White to life
G Am
Bedtime stories every night
F C G C/F
And that smile lets her know
Am7 C G5
She's somebody's hero
Verse 2 - same as Verse 1
Chorus 2 - same as Chorus 1 except ends with:
D
She's somebody's hero
F
Thirty years have flown right past
D F D
Her daughter's staring at all the photographs of her mother
F
And wishes she could be like that
G Fsus2
Oh but she already is
Chorus 3
C G Am
She's somebody's hero
Fsus2 C G/B
A hero to her mother in the rocking chair
Am C/F
She runs a brush through her silver hair
C G Am
The envy of the nursing home
C/F C
She drops by every afternoon
G Am
Feeds her mama with a spoon
F C G C/F
And that smile lets her know
C/F C G
Her mother's smile lets her know
C/F
She's somebody's hero
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