Verso 1:
 
C 
No one sits with him he doesn't fit in 
F 
but we feel like we do when we make fun of him 
Am 
you want to belong, do you go along, 
G 
because his pain is the price paid for you to belong 
C 
it's not like you hate him or want him to die 
F 
but maybe he goes home and thinks suicide 
Am 
he comes back to school with a gun at his side 
G 
and a kindness from you might've saved his life 

Pré-Refrão: 
Am                       G 
heroes are made when you make a choice 


[Refrão]
 
C           F     Am              G 
You could be a hero heroes do what's right 
C           F          Am            G 
you could be a hero you might save a life 
C           F          Am          G 
you could be a hero you could join the fight 
C               F                      Am            G 
for what's right, for what's right, for what's right 


Verso 2:
 
C 
no one talks to her, she feels so alone 
F 
she's in too much pain to survive on her own 
Am 
she writes on her arm wants to give up her life 
G 
each day she goes on is a day that she's brave 
C 
fighting the lie that giving up is the way 
F 
when she throws the pills out a hero is made 

Pré-Refrão: 
Am                       G 
heroes are made when you make a choice 


[Refrão]
 
C           F      Am              G 
you could be a hero, heroes do what's right 
C           F           Am            G 
you could be a hero, you might save a life 
C           F          Am           G 
you could be a hero, you could join the fight 
C               F                      Am            G 
for what's right, for what's right, for what's right 


Verso 3 

C 
No one talks to him about how he lives 
F 
he thinks that the choices he makes are just his 
Am 
and others will follow the choices he's made 
G 
he lives on the edge, he's old enough to decide 
C 
his brother who wants to be him is just nine 
F 
he can do what he wants because it's his right 
Am 
the choices he makes change a nine-year-old's life 

Pré-Refrão: 
Am                       G 
heroes are made when you make a choice 


[Refrão]

C           F      Am              G 
you could be a hero, heroes do what's right 
C           F      Am                 G 
you could be a hero, you might save a life 
C           F          Am           G 
you could be a hero, you could join the fiht 
C               F                       Am           G 
for what's right, for what's right, for what's right 
  
C           F      Am              G 
you could be a hero, heroes do what's right 
C           F      Am                 G 
you could be a hero, you might save a life 
C           F           Am          G 
you could be a hero, you could join the fight 
C               F                       Am           G 
for what's right, for what's right, for what's right