I'll Be a Hero When I Strike Song Lyrics and Chords
I'll Be a Hero When I Strike Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
I'll Be A Hero When I Strike
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Hank Cochran
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All because I walk a different street
And not helloed by some I meet
That don't
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mean that what I do is
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right
Those that said that I was wrong
Now say they knew it all along
Cause
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I'll be a hero when I
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strike
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I'll be a hero when I strike
Come
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up tight and out of
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sight
They'll
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say I'm dynamite
And
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they'd like to be there when I light
Cause
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I'll be a hero when I
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strike
I love God and the flag
And I ain't the kind to stand and brag
And I'm
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the kind to stand right up and
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fight
Don't need a uniform to wear
To make the people stop and stare
Cause
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Hoss I'll be a hero when I
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Won't shake hands until I'm sore
Wear medals hangin' to the floor
They'll
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throw rocks at Franklin and his
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kind
They'll say boy ain't that cowboy hot
There ain't nothin' he ain't got
But
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I'm gonna be a hero when I
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FAQ
Who sang the the song I'll Be a Hero When I Strike?
- The song I'll Be a Hero When I Strike was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
