Intro
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Verse 1
 A                                 D                E 
When I was young I used to trade my comic books for homemade guns 
       F#min                           E                 A 
and little cowboys on the run were k*llers just like me. 
  A 
We'd hang those dirty outlaws high 
D                      E 
with rawhide ropes and binder twine. 
F#min 
Red Rider was a friend of mine, 
  E             A 
A hero just for me. 
 
Verse 2
  A                                D                E 
I remember when we stole a can of tobacco from the hired hands 
F#min 
and seein' as how we were workin' men 
E                      A 
we smoked 'til we were green. 
A 
And we could spit and we could fight, 
       D                  E 
And we'd believe each other's lies, 
 F#min 
Riding fast and ridin' high 
   E               A 
For all the world to see. 
 
Chorus
 D                       A 
Whatever happened to my heroes, 
 D                              A        E 
They don't make 'em like they did in '44. 
    A 
But they were there when I needed them, 
   D 
I wish they's all come back again, 
       A                 E       A 
'cause I don't have no heroes anymore. 
 
Verse 3
  A 
They traveled through my memories, 
       D            E 
Those riders in a legacy 
  F#min 
I know they all remembered me, 
     E               A 
They called me by my name. 
  A 
Then, like a ghost from yesterday, 
   D              E 
My heroes thunder on their way 
F#min                         E      A 
Back into a lonely grave for all eternity 
 
Chorus
D                       A 
Whatever happened to my heroes, 
D                              A        E 
They don't make 'em like they did in '44. 
    A 
But they were there when I needed them, 
   D 
I wish they's all come back again, 
       A                 E       A 
'cause I don't have no heroes anymore.