Hercules - Go The Distance Chords & Tabs

by Misc Cartoons

[Content]
Title: Go the Distance (Hercules version)
Tuning: Standard
Key: A major and transitions to C major (No Capo)
**Note** This is not the original version, rather it is the edited version recorded for
Cartoon "Hercules", however, I added the original bridge into the version.  Other tab and
lyric sites have the original verses and choruses that can be added if need be (just use the
chord progressions for verse/chorus). (The bridge is not in movie).
[Intro] (**See Intro Note at bottom of tab, for clarity and detail**)
D - E - A
D - E - A
F# - E - A

[Verse]
       D  E     A           D   E    A  
I have often dreamed, of a far off place
         D    C#     F#m            D        E   
Where a great warm welcome will be waiting for me
          D      E    A                D      A   
Where the crowds will cheer, when they see my face
         D   C#     F#m            D                E 
And a voice keeps saying this is where I'm meant to be

[First Chorus]
        A      E   F#m           E       
I will find my way, I can go the distance
        A      E       F#m         E     
I'll be there someday, if I can be strong
        A     Bm           F#m      Bm7  
I know ev'ry mile, will be worth my while
        D  E    A   A/G#     Dmaj7    E   A   
I would go most anywhere to feel like I belong
**See Monologue Note 1**

[Second Chorus]
     A      E     F#m           E     
I am on my way, I will go the distance
        A        E    F#m             E     
I don't care how far, somehow I'll be strong
        A      Bm              F#m      Bm7  
And a thousand years, would be worth the wait
         D    E  A   A/G#        Dmaj7       A           
It might take a lifetime, but somehow I'll see it through
**See "Monologue Note 2" at the bottom of Tab**

[Bridge]
        C                            G          
But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part
        Am                  F            G    
For a hero's strength is measured by his heart

[Last Chorus]
        C        Dm      C           G      
I will beat the odds, I will go the distance
       C         Dm      C                  G     
I will face the world, fearless, proud, and strong
       C          F           Am7     Dm     
I will please the gods, I can go the distance
        F   G   C             F           G C     
'Til I find my hero's welcome right where I belong
(Optional Tag Chord progression **For Theater purposes, the time used during this could
movement or dramatization leading into a slower more dramatic ending):
F - G - C (x2)
F - E - Am
Dm - Gsus - G
[Tag] (Slower)
         C         F            Am7      Dm   
I will search the world, I will face its harms
          F  G    C               F     G  C       
'Til I find my hero's welcome, waiting in your arms
Intro Note*: During the introduction, you may choose to play this if you have two
guitars or however you may choose to do so (played as 16th notes, so 4 notes to a beat):
e|--0-----------0-----------0------------0------------|
B|-----------0-----------0-----------0------------0---| (x7)
G|--------2-----------2-----------2------------2------|
D|-----2-----------2-----------2------------2---------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
After the F# - E chord, right when you hit the A chord: you can play (8th notes; 2 notes
per beat):
e|---5-----0-----5-----0-----|
B|---------------------------| (x2) then singing begins on last beat
G|------2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|