[Intro]
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End of the first sentence in the chorus. "He lights his cigarette"
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G7no5 chord (playing 1st e is optional)
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[Verse]
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hometown hero flexing his charm
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with a borderline joke to the guys at the bar,
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and they slap their knees like they've not heard it before.

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thirty-five years old wearing his badge,
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nickname for life on the shoulder of
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his bomber that he wears as the coach of the high school team.

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He lights his ciga-rette
           C         E           Am      C7
and says, "man these things will kill me someday"
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raises his glass and says, "here's to hoping"

[Instrumental]
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hometown hero flexing his arm
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with a five-yard pass to the end of the bar
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he says, "I'll be right back I'm just gonna go grab another pack."

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walks one block to the all-night station
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and steps in-to a situ-ation.
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there's a man with a gun pointed at the nervous clerk.

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and before he could think,
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he was tack-ling the gunman
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who hit his head and was knocked unconscious.


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the clerk relieved said, "oh my god
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you're a hero man and you should stick around
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'til the cops get here, maybe you'll make the morning news."

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but the hometown hero rose to his feet,
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tossed him the gun and said, "thanks, but I've gotta
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run. I'll take a pack of camel lights and be on my way."

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he stepped outside the door,
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heard the sirens in the distance
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lit his cigarette
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and said, "man these things will kill me someday"
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exhaled smoke and said, "here's to hoping"

[Outro]
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