[Verse 1 - C#m comes in ahead of beat - lyrics straight to start but start on second note] [E] Too a [C#m]larming now, to [E] talk about [C#m] [E] Take your [C#m]pictures down, and [E] shake it out [C#m] [E] Truth or [C#m]con sequence, [E] say  it a [C#m]loud [E] Use that [C#m]e vidence, [E] race it a [C#m]round
[Chorus - Backward drums for As] [A] There goes my hero, watch him as he [E]goes [A] There goes my hero, he's ordinary [E] [riff - 2 climbs] [F#5][A] (Drums stop)
[Bendy riff - 1 bar - bend prompts the snare pickup FBF]
[Drums back in - Verse 2 - C#m on offbeats] [E] Don't the [C#m]best of them, [E] bleed it out [C#m] [E] While the [C#m]rest of them, [E] peter out [C#m] [E] Truth or [C#m]con sequence, [E] say it a [C#m]loud [E] Use that [C#m]e vidence, [E] race it a [C#m]round
[Chorus - Backward drums for As] [A] There goes my hero, watch him as he [E] goes [A] There goes my hero, he's ordinary [E] [riff - 2 climbs] [F#5][A] (Drums stop)
[Bendy riff - x2 - Main drums stop - Crashes on chords below] [E] x x x x x x x - [E] x x [C#m] x x x x x - repeat
[Bridge] [E] Ku dos  my [C#m] hero, [E]leaving all [C#m] the best [E] You know my [C#m] hero, the [E]one that's ooooooooon [C#m]
[Chorus - Backward drums for As] [A] There goes my hero, watch him as he [E] goes [A] There goes my hero, he's ordinary [E] [riff - 2 climbs] [A] There goes my hero, watch him as he [E] goes [A] There goes my hero, he's ordinary [E] [riff - 2 climbs]
[F#5][A] (Stop) [Bit of guitar waffle :-)]
[END] [Riff for chorus] [A][Fm/A][E][Emj7][Eadd9] E -------2-----------0-0-0----0----- B -2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0----0----- G -2-2-2-2--(repeat)-1-1-1----x----- D -2-1-2-2-----------2-1-2----4----- A -0-----0-----------2-2-2----2----- E -------------------0-0-0----0-----
[Intro - BPM - 120 - count 1234 as eighth notes - Just snare] [B]xxx - xxxx - xxxx - xxxx (snare pickup - then full drums - NOTE no G#m and F# before the E) I am the one and only [E]xxx - xxxx - [G#m]x[G#m]x - [F#][F#][F#] oh yeah [B]
(full drums in - Badd6 then to B - x24444) [B]xxx - xxxx - [F#]xxx - [G#m]xxx (same pattern as previous) [E][E]x[E] - [E]xxx - [G#m]x[G#m]x - [F#][F#][F#][B] (A is on snare) xx[A]x - xxxx - xxxx - xxxx Oh yeah!
[Verse 1 - B is passing chord - downstrokes chuggy - all changes on straight bass drum] [G#m]Call me, call me by [B]my Name [E] or call me by [B] my num [C#m] ber ... [B]Put me through it ..... [E] I'll still be doing it the [F#]way I do it [Bm]And yet you try to make [D]me [G]forget Who I real [D] ly [Em]am don't [D]tell me I'd know best [G] I'm not the [A] same as all the rest [B]
[Chorus - Do the Badd6 line] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me [A]
[Vamp - 1 bar][A]
[Verse 2] [G#m]I've been a player in [B] the crowd [E] scene A flicker on [B]the [C#m]big screen ... My [B]soul embraces [E]one more in a [F#]million faces Hi [Bm] igh hopes and aspi [D]rations, [G] ideas above my [D]station, may [Em] be but [D]all this time I tried [G] to walk with [A]dignity and [B]pride
[Chorus] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me [A]
[Bridge - Each chord is emphasised on snare] [A] I can't wear this uni [F#m] form - Without some compromises [G] Because you'll find out that we come [Em] In different shapes and sizes
[Short Verse 3] [Am]No one can be myself [C]like [F]I can For this job I'm [C]the [Dm]best man And [C] while this maybe true [F] you are the [G] one and only [A]you!
[NO VOCALS FOR THIS BIT - Words are there to help follow changes Key change down - Guitar solo, or Chorus in A] [A] I am the [E]one and [F#m]only [D] No [F#m]body I'd [E]rather [A]be [A] I am the [E]one and [F#m]only [D] You can't take [F#m]that a [E]way from......
[Chorus] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me