"The Final Fantasy Hero's Ballad"
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: the Final Fantasy prologue by Nobuo Uematsu

/ D -  C - / G - A A7 /

The story begins...
	Adventure awaits...
		Your destiny calls...

/: DA GD G DA / Em C A DA :/

Now begins your journey, of courage and valor testing.
Travel bravely onward, not knowing for what you're questing.
Out beyond the gates lies a world full of risk and danger,
Torn by strife and hatred, or could there be something stranger?

	/ G D C Em / F Em Dm A /

	Darkness falls, the land cries out for heroes that will
	Heed the call, so draw your swords and join the battle!

Once the world was peaceful, but now all the land is troubled.
Monsters are increasing, and portents and signs have doubled.
Once the world was balanced, but now it descends to ruin,
At the hands of tyrants with no thought of what they're doing.

	Time is short!  The earth is strong but you may be her
	Last resort, so draw your swords and fight to free her!

'Til at journey's end you return in a blaze of glory,
Bravely you have triumphed, and proudly we tell your story.
When the world's in crisis, true heroes will rise defending.
We may tell the tale but it's yours to decide the ending.

	Your quest was vast, now, enemy defeated, you'll be
	Home at last, your fantasy at last completed...

		/ Bb C D - /

		Yet, in your dreams, it lives on...