Chords for Carmen Miranda's Ghost 05 - Some Kind of Hero

_ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ Will you do me a favor, [E] piano man, please?
[A] I want you to write [E] me a song.
_ [A] They call me the hero [E] of [C#m] Antelope's Run, [F#m] and I've [E] gotta show them [F#] they're wrong.
[F#m] _ [A] You see, it all started [E] a week ago [F#m] in the bar down on [C#m] Corridor 3.
_ [F#m] There was [E] nobody there but [A] us regular [E] bums, [F#m] two losers, [E] the barman [F#] and me.
[F#m] _ _ Swapping up booze [C#m] in the North Corner booth [F#m] was the old [D] man they called [E] Captain Jed.
_ [F#] Cause he owned a [F#m] Tramp Freighter, [B] the old _ [A] Antelope, a ship that [E] like him was [F#m] half dead.
_ [D] Now Molly, they say, [A] was a crack [C#] pilot once, [F#m] a gal with [E] a brilliant [C#] career.
_ _ [F#m] But then she [E] started doping on Regulus [C#] One, [A] and finally [E] washed out [F#m] down here. _ _ _
_ And me, well I wanted [E] the Navy Bad, [A] but it seems that they didn't [E] want me. _
So [A] I stopped chasing stars, started [E] sleeping up [C#m] bars, [F#m] her bed poured [E] and all my drinks [F#] free.
[F#m] _
It [A] was quiet that night with [E] the docks closed down, [B] there was [F#m] nothing doing [C#m] for a week. _
Not [F#m] a ship was [E] in port [A] but the old [E] Antelope, [F#m] when the red [E] alerts started [F#] to shriek.
[F#m] _
The whole station shook like [E] a hurt [C#] living thing, [F#m] then the lights [D] dimmed and faded [E] away. _
Then the [F#m] gravity went, then the [B] air pumps cut out, [A] and the bartender [E] started to [F#m] pray. _
I [D] stole that bilge head for [A] the [C#] Antelope, now [F#m] Jed's voice [E] cut the dark [C#] like a knife. _
[F#m] The station [B] reactor's [E] gone critical, [C#]
so [A] run [E] to the docks for [F#m] your life. _
_ _ _ _ When we got to the docks, [E] we found waiting out there, [A] every soul that had been [E] left alive.
_ [A] They begged with their eyes [E] for poor old [C#m] Captain Jed, [F#m] to tell them [E] all how to [F#] survive.
[F#m] _ _ [A] Break out the suits, [E] said the Captain to them, [F#m] cause it's dark and it's airless [C#m] and cold.
_ [F#m] But I swear [E] I can get you [A] all out of [E] here safe, [F#m] packed [C#m] into the Antelope's [F#m] hold.
_ _ [F#] Molly, he asked, [E] can you navigate?
[C#m] I, she said, [F#m] who [D] do we have [E] for a crew?
_ The [F#m] Antelope needs only [B] three hands, he said, and [A] I think our young [E] friend [F#] here will do.
_ [D] The confident look that [C#] he flashed at me then made [F#m] my heart [E] turn over with [C#] pride.
_ [F#m] I never once [B] thought about [E] backing [C#] away, [A] I think I [E] would rather [F#m] have died. _ _ _
_ A few hundred alive in [E] the Antelope's hold, and [A] the Captain, and Molly, [E] and me. _
_ [A] We slammed the lock just as [E] the station blew [C#m] wide, [F#m] Jed hit the main [E] jets to get [F#] free.
[F#m] _
_ [A] Now that kind of G-force [E] is rough on the heart, [F#m] too much for his ticker to [C#m] take. _
So [F#] when we [E] came around and [A] we saw how [E] he lay, [F#m] we knew [E] Captain Jed wouldn't [F#m] wake.
_ So I took the comm and [E] the engineer [C#m] boards, [F#m] and Molly [D] took helm and [E] the nav.
With [F#] the [F#m] manuals spread out [B] all over the deck, and [A] her mind for [E] what they [F#m] did [F#] have.
_ [D] She worked at that comp like [A] a crazy [C#] machine, while [F#m] her hands shook [E] like grass in [C#] the breeze.
But [F#m] her skill was still [B] sharp, and [E] she jumped us three [C#] times, never [A] minding [E] the shakes and [F#m] deets. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] Three jumps made clean, [E] only one more was left when [A] the ship's alarm started [E] to blast.
_ [A] Her old worn-out seals had [E] come loose in [C#m] the stress, we [F#m] were losing [E] our heat and [F#m] air fast.
_ [A] On the bridge there was only [E] one vacuum suit left, well [F#m] they say a lady luck is [E] stone blind.
_ [F#m] Heads or tails [E] was the question [A] I started [E] to ask, then [F#m] I felt [E] myself hit from [F#m] behind.
When I came to again, I [E] was sealed in [C#m] the suit, she [F#m] was belted [D] down, tied in [E] her chair.
With [F#m] her hands on the console, [B] a smile on her lips, [A] and the ice on [E] her face and [F#m] her hair.
_ _ [D] Here's the instructions [A] to get us all [C#] home, [F#m] I saw [E] she'd left on [C#] the screen.
_ [F#m] If any [B] old shipmates [E] should ask [C#] after Molly, [A] just tell them [E] she finally [F#m] died clean. _ _ _ _
_ I made the last jump, just [E] like she'd told me to, [A] and I brought the ship in like [E] she'd said.
_ [A] They call me a hero [E] now for what [C#m] I did, but [F#m] they don't [E] mention Molly [F#] and Jed.
[F#m] _ [A] So write me that song [E] now, piano man, please, and [F#m] sing it out often [C#m] and loud.
_ [F#m] So they all [E] know the story [A] of one [E] kind of hero, the [F#m] kind that [E] makes everyone [F#m] _
proud.
For some kind of [E] heroes are long kids [C#m] like me, [F#m] who only [D] do things that [E] they're told.
[F#m] And some kind of heroes [B] are out for the glory, [A] they're heroes [E] on purpose [F#m] and cold.
_ _ [D] Some become [A] heroes for [C#] bravery, sure, and [F#m] some [E] just because [C#] all is lost.
[F#m] But a few [B] are the [E] heroes like Molly [C#] and Jed, [A] who give [E] without [F#m] counting the cost. _ _ _ _ _ _ _