Everybody Needs A Hero

Intro:
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He drove a '47 Buick Special 
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Them dusty roads were hell on the shine 
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And about once a week, he'd be down by the creek 
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   And I'd help him wash it sometimes 
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He had a pinstripe suit and a gold watch 
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And a gold chain that hung from his chest 
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And he drank a little and he gambled a lot 
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   He was a wild one, I guess 



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Oh, but everybody needs a hero 
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   Savannah Slim was mine 
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When you're ten years old down in south Georgia 
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   Heroes are hard to find 


Interlude:
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Lord, how he loved country music 
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He played an old Gibson guitar 
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At a roadhouse one night, he was called on to fight 
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   Somebody pushed him too far 
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So he served a little time in prison 
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But he served four long years in the war 
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It was in the Pacific where he got his tattoo 
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Two hearts in blue on his arm 


 
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Oh, but everybody needs a hero, Lord 
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   Savannah Slim was mine 
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When you're ten years old down in south Georgia 
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   Heroes are hard to find 


 
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Now, Mama says I turned out just like him 
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She worries and prays that I'll change 
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I didn't know 'til a few days ago 
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Why he sent me his gold watch and chain 



        F                  C 
Oh, but everybody needs a hero 
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   Savannah Slim was mine 
            F             C             Am 
When you're ten years old down in south Georgia 
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   Heroes are hard to find 
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When you're ten years old down in south Georgia 
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   Heroes are hard to find 
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   Savannah Slim was mine