Gene Pitney (born Gene Francis Alan Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut, USA on 17 February 1940 - died 5 April 2006 (Cardiff, Wales). After a successful singing career spanning five decades, at the age of 66, he was found dead of natural causes, while in the middle of a sellout UK tour.
Pitney, a pop rock pioneer, had his greatest success overall in Britain, first travelling there after his first self penned hit in 1961. "I Wanna Love My Life Away" hit #26 on the UK singles chart & just broke into the top 40 in the US.
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BG#m Here I stand I'm just a shell of a man EF# And only a kiss ago I was yesterday's hero G#mC# When you were mine I had it made G#mC# I was the leader of the big parade D#mG#mC#sus4C#F# Now look at me I'm yesterday's he ro, hero
How their cheers used to sing in my ears With you walking by my side I was a conquering hero But no one even says hello They say that idols come and idols go Well I oughta know I'm yesterday's hero, hero
Now the glamour and the glory's gone But will the story of our love be live on Or fade away like yesterday's hero
G#m Like yesterday's hero B Yeah yesterday's hero (repeat and fade)