A#      Cm      Cm7     D#      D#dim   Fm      Fm7     
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||OO    ||||    ||||    |||O    ||||    O|O|    O|O|   
 |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    O|O|    ||||    ||||   
 O|||    |OOO    OOOO    |OO|    |O||    |||O    |O|O   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

G       G#      Gm      Gsus4   
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||||    ||||    |||O    ||||   
 |O|O    ||||    |O||    |O||   
 ||O|    |O|O    ||O|    ||OO   
 ||||    ||O|    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .O|||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

[Intro]
G# Cm
Cm Cm7/A# G# Gsus4 G

Cm
   Do do do do
Cm7/A#
     Do do do do
G#
  Do do do do
Gsus4    G
     Aaah  aaah


[Verse]
Cm                                   A#
Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?
G#                                   G
Where's the street-wise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Cm                          Gm
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Fm                                     Gsus4            G
   Late at night I toss and turn and I dream of what I need.


[Chorus]
         Cm                          Gm
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night,
     G#
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast,
         D#                        A#
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight.
         Cm                          Gm
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light,
     G#
He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon,
         D#                    A#
And he's gotta be larger than life...

            Cm
Larger than life.


Cm
   Do do do do
Cm7/A#
     Do do do do
G#
  Do do do do
Gsus4    G
     Aaah  aaah


[Verse]
Cm                                   A#
Somewhere after midnight in my wildest fantasy,
G#                                   G
Somewhere just beyond my reach there's someone reaching back for me.
Cm                          Gm
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
Fm                              Gsus4           G
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet, yeah!


[Chorus]
         Cm                          Gm
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night,
     G#
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast,
         D#                        A#
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight.
         Cm                          Gm
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light,
     G#                       Fm7
He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon,
         D#                    A#
And he's gotta be larger than life...

         Cm
I need a hero,
                      Gm
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night


[Break]
Cm


[Bridge]
Cm
Up where the mountains meet the heavens above,
G#
out where the lightning splits the sea,
Fm                     G                 Cm
I could swear there is someone somewhere watching me.

Cm
Through the wind and the chill and the rain,
G#
and the storm and the flood,
Fm                     G                 Cm
I can feel his approach like the fire in my blood
 
D#dim
like the fire in my blood, like the fire in my blood,
                                               Gsus4    G
like the fire in my blood, like the fire in my blood! Aaah!


[Chorus]
         Cm                          Gm
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night,
     G#
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast,
         D#                        A#
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight.
         Cm                          Gm
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light,
     G#                       Fm7
He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon,
         D#                    A#
And he's gotta be larger than life...

         Cm                          Gm
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night,
     G#
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast,
         D#                        A#
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight.
         Cm                          Gm
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light,
     G#                       Fm7
He's gotta be sure, and it's gotta be soon,
         D#                    A#
And he's gotta be larger than life...