Rise Against - Hero Of War

     
Verse:    
    E                      G#m    
..."Son, have you seen the world?    
                     A    
Well, what would you say    
                   E    
If I said that you could?    
                A    
Just carry this gun,    
                E    
You'll even get paid.".    
                           B    
I said "That sounds pretty good."    
     
Verse:    
              E    
Black leather boots,    
                G#m    
Spit-shined, so bright.    
                A    
They cut off my hair,    
               E    
But it looks alright.    
                  A    
We marched and we sang.    
              E    
We all became friends,    
                     B    
As we learned how to fight.    
     
Chorus:    
          C#m    
a hero of war!    
                       A    
Yeah, that's what I'll be.    
                E    
And when I come home,    
                         B    
They'll be damn proud of me.    
                C#m    
I'll carry this flag;    
                    A    
To the  grave, if I must.    
                          E    
'Cause it's a flag that I love    
                   B    
And I flag that  I trust.    
     
Verse:    
                E    
I kicked in the door,    
            G#m    
I yelled my commands.    
                   A    
The children, they cried,    
             E    
But I got my man.    
            A    
We took him away,    
               E    
a bag over his face,    
                        B    
From his family and his friends.    
     
Verse:    
                  E    
They took off his clothes,    
                   G#m    
They pissed in his hands.    
               A    
I told them to stop,    
                   E    
But then, I joined in.    
                 A    
We beat him with guns    
                     E    
And batons, not just once,    
               B    
But again and again.    
     
Chorus:    
          C#m    
a hero of war!    
                       A    
Yeah, that's what I'll be.    
                E    
And when I come home,    
                         B    
They'll be damn proud of me.    
                C#m    
I'll carry this flag;    
                    A    
To the  grave, if I must.    
                          E    
'Cause it's a flag that I love    
                   B    
And I flag that  I trust.    
          
Verse:    
   E                          G#m    
...walked through bullets and haze.    
               A    
I asked her to stop;    
                E    
I begged her to stay.    
                A    
But she pressed on,    
               E    
So I lifted my gun    
            B    
And I fired away...    
     
Verse:    
        E    
And the shells    
                   G#m    
Jumped through the smoke.    
             A    
And into the sand,    
                       E    
That the blood had now soaked,    
        A    
She collapsed,    
                   E    
With a flag in her hand.    
                B    
a flag white as snow.    
     
Chorus:    
          C#m    
a hero of war!    
                  A    
Is that what they see?    
               E    
All medals and scars?    
                 B    
So damn proud of me.    
                        C#m    
And I brought that flag home.    
               A    
Now it gathers dust.    
                       E    
But it's a flag that I love.    
                     B    
It's the only flag I trust.    
     
Outro:    
         E                      G#m    
He said "Son, have you seen the world?    
                     A    
Well, what would you say    
                   E    
If I said that you could?