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#Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 02:48:11 -0400
#From: “John Deacon”
#Subject: b/beach_boys/heroes_and_villains.crd
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#Song Title: ‘Heroes and Villains’
#Artist: Beach Boys
#Written: by Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks
#Transcibed: by Andrew Bee. (abababab41@hotmail.com)
#Album version.
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#Note: I’m suprised no one has attempted to post a chord tab for Heroes and
#Villains. A follow up to ‘Good Vibrations’, some may say this doesn’t quite
#make the grade. Despite this, the strange lyrics and vocal arrangements once
#again show Brians creativity.
#
#I’ve attempted to do what I think sounds good, so just bear with me if it’s
#not perfect. I got the chords for the Chorus via the bass notes. “|”
#represents bar.
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# HEROES AND VILLAINS
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#VERSE: | Db | Db | Db | Db | Eb | Eb |
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#Lryic:’I’ve been…………………,long time
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# | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | Db | Db |
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# Feel in love……………..and villains’
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#Repeat Verse pattern again for Verse II: “Once at night..’
#At the end of the second verse, when playing Db, the vocals go higher to the
#Ab7 chord.
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#CHORUS: | Ebm | Ebm | Ebm | Ebm |
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# “Hero and Villains………..done”
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# | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab |
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# “bap ba ba ba ba……..”
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# | Ebm | Ebm | Ebm | Ebm |
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# “Hero and Villains………..done”
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# | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab |
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# “bap ba ba ba ba……..”
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# | Bb7 | Bb7 | Ab —>
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# “bap ba ba ba…
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#Verse III; Repeat verse pattern. ‘Na na na…..Shall be Peace in the
#valley’.
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#After this there is a vocal arrangement, where most instruments drop out,
#the chords are the same as verse. The chord at the end agian moves to Ab7.
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#No more chords, only vocal ones, until the Chorus comes in. But try this out
#for this next part of the song. Suited for the bass guitar.
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d--------------3----4----6----4----3-------

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a----4----6-----------------------------6-

“My Children……rise……..…..wealthy and..

d--------------3----4----6----4----3---------
a----4----6-----------------------------6-(hold note)

Wise..…..…..…..(tempo starts to slow)

‘I’ve been in this town’ section….no chords.

Repeat Chorus till fade out.

There you have it! Playing the song in D is much easier, as done in live
performances.

Any suggestions, problems, comments, improvements,- you name it- e-mail me
at ‘abababab41@hotmail.com’.
Andrew BEE.