Imaginary Heroes

(transcribed by Jim McGuire)

Capo on 5^th fret

Jimmy was ten when they found him in bed

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Unexplained bruises and words unsaid

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The clock on the wall it was counting the time

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And that’s all it did when Jimmy was nine

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Mommy was busy with a bottle of gin

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Daddy couldn’t take it and he took it out on him

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The clock on the wall was still counting the time

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And that’s all it did when Jimmy was nine

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(Repeat twice)

Imaginary heroes they played upon his bed he said

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Superman will save me when he gets him read

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He’ll take me to a paradise I dream of far away

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But then Superman went off the edge

C……….D…………………………..

And the dream slipped away

D……….C………………..G..

Jimmy was ten when they found him in bed

G……………………………..D……………..

Unexplained bruises and words unsaid

D……………………………..C…….G…..

The clock on the wall it played right through the end

G…………………………………D…………………….

And that’s all it did when Jimmy was ten

D…………………………….C…………G

(repeat twice)

Imaginary heroes they played upon his bed he said

Superman will save me when he gets him read

He’ll take me to a paradise I dream of far away

But then Superman went off the edge

And the dream slipped away