CHORDS: The Hero of Canton

[khaosworks]

As requested by andpuff, here's the chords to "The Hero of Canton" - as played in the Firefly episode, "Jaynestown":

The Hero of Canton
Music and Lyrics by Ben Edlund

[D]Jayne
The man they call [D]Jayne

He [D]robbed from the rich and he [Bm]gave to the poor
Stood [D]up to the man and he [Bm]gave him what for
Our [G]love for him now ain't [A]hard to explain
The [D]hero of Canton the [D]man they call Jayne

Our [Bm]Jayne saw the mudders backs breakin'
He [Bm]saw the [F#7]mudders' [Bm]lament
And [Bm]he saw the Magistrate takin'
Every [Bm]dollar and [F#7]leavin' five [Bm]cents

So he said [G]"You can't do that to my [Bm]people,"
He said [G]"Can't crush them under your [Bm]heel,"
Jayne [Bm]strapped on his hat and in five seconds flat
Stole [Bm]everything Boss [F#7]Higgins had to [Bm]steal

He [D]robbed from the rich and he [Bm]gave to the poor
Stood [D]up to the man and he [Bm]gave him what for
Our [G]love for him now ain't [A]hard to explain
The [D]hero of Canton the [D]man they call Jayne

Now [Bm]here is what separates heroes
From [Bm]common folk - [F#7]like you and [Bm]I
The [Bm]man they call Jayne he turned round his plane
And [Bm]let that [F#7]money hit [Bm]sky

[G]He dropped it onto our [Bm]houses
[G]He dropped it into our [Bm]yards
But the [Bm]man they call Jayne he stole away our pain
And [Bm]left - [F#7]out for the [Dm]stars

He [D]robbed from the rich and he [Bm]gave to the poor
Stood [D]up to the man and he [Bm]gave him what for
Our [G]love for him now ain't [A]hard to explain
The [D]hero of Canton the [D]man they call Jayne

If you find doing F#7 a pain, like I do, capo it at 2 and substitute the following chords.

D = C
Bm = Am
G = F
A = G
F#7 = E7

And there you go.

Comments

YOU are my Hero!

[andpuff.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo! Thank you! As soon as I finished on Lj I was going to send you the lyrics but... wow, you're fast!

And I'll take you up on that capo at 2 variation since I've never played an F#7 and had to look it up in my chord book.

Have you found the easter egg on the Firefly DVD?

(and this may post twice... I'm having lj problems...)

Re: YOU are my Hero!

[khaosworks.livejournal.com]

"The Hero of Canton, the man they call... me!"

Yep. Saw it. :-)