(Capo IV)

G                     C
I was in Pittsburgh when
       D               G
I saw Superman in the backroom
        C
He was doing lines or
 D                G
something in the bathroom
  C           D             G  C  D
I barely recognized him at all
G                C
I saw him doing things
              D                 G
you shouldn't do with all that power
   C                        D
I wish someone would have thrown
              G
him in the shower
  C            D            G  C  D
I barely recognized him at all.
G                   C          D
That night I put my youth in a casket

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G                C       D
And buried it inside of me
G                  C
That night I saw through
         D
all the magic
G
Now I'm a witness
        C         D
to the death of a hero
G                  C
I burned all the pictures
        D
in the attic
G                   C        D
And threw away the magazines
G                  C
That night I saw through
         D
all the magic
    G
and now I'm a witness
        C          D   G  C  D
to the death of a hero

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G
I tried to look away
     C
but you can't look
  D          G
away from a trainwreck
     C                  D
The things you said to girls,
                 G
well they were shameless
  C           D            G   C  D
I barely recognized him at all
G                   C
I tried to help but he said
        D                 G
He was just too far from saving
     C               D
And nothing I could say
           G
was gonna change him
   C          D            G   C  D
I barely recognized him at all
G                    C
That night I put my youth

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      D
in a casket
G                C        D
And buried it inside of me
G                 C
That night I saw through 
         D
all the magic
G
Now I'm a witness
C          D
to the death of a hero.
G                 C
I burned all the pictures
        D
in the attic
G                   C        D
And threw away the magazines
G                  C
That night I saw through
         D
all the magic
    G
And now I'm a witness

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        C          D
to the death of a hero.
 G
The death of a hero

he couldn't be saved
   C
Now I'm cutting the grass and
      D
I'll cover his grave
G
The death of a hero

I'm turning the page
    C
Now I'm cutting the grass and
      D
I'll cover his grave.
G                     C         D
That night I put my youth in a casket
G                  C       D
And buried it inside of me

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G                  C
That night I saw through
         D
all the magic
G
Now I'm a witness
C          D
to the death of a hero.
G                 C
I burned all the pictures
        D
in the attic
G                    C       D
And threw away the magazines
G                 C
That night I saw through
         D
all the magic
G
And now I'm a witness
        C          D
to the death of a hero

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