| D | D | G | G | [x2]
| D | D | G | G |I, I will be king | D | D | G | G |And you, you will be queen | C | C | D | D |Though nothing will drive them away | Am7 | Em | D | D |We can beat them, just for one day | C | G | D | D |We can be heroes, just for one day
| D | D | G | G |And you, you can be mean | D | D | G | G |And I, I'll drink all the time | D | D | G | G |'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact | D | D | G | G |Yes we're lovers, and that is that | C | C | D | D |Though nothing will keep us together | Am7 | Em | D | D |We could steal time just for one day | C | G7 | D | D |We can be heroes for ever and ever. What d'you say?
| D | D | G | G | [x2]
| D | D | G | G | I, I wish you could swim | D | D | G | G |Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim | C | C | D | D |Though nothing, nothing will keep us together | Am7 | Em | D | D |We can beat them, for ever and ever | C | G7 | D | D |Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day
| D | D | G | G | [x2]
| D | D | G | G |I, I will be king | D | D | G | G |And you, you will be queen | C | C | D | D |Though nothing will drive them away | Am7 | Em | D | D |We can beat them, just for one day | C | G | D | D |We can be heroes, just for one day | C | G7 | D | D |We can be us, just for one day
| D | D | G | G | I, I can remember (I remember)| D | D | G | G |Standing, by the wall (by the wall) | D | D | G | G |And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads) | D | D | G | G |And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall) | C | C | D | D |And the shame, was on the other side | Am7 | Em | D | D |Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever | C | G7 | D7 | D7 |Then we could be Heroes, just for one day
| D7 | D7 | G | G | We can be Heroes| D7 | D7 | G | G | We can be Heroes| D7 | D7 | G | G | We can be Heroes | D7 | D7 | G | G | Just for one day. We can be Heroes
| C | C | D | D |We're nothing, and nothing will help us | Am7 | Em7 | D | D |Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay | C | G7 | D | D |But we could be safer, just for one day | D | D | G | GOh-oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohh, just for one day
