Hero of War

[Intro]
D#  Gm~


[Verse]
         D#                      Gm
He said "Son, have you seen the world?
                     G#
Well, what would you say
                   D#
If I said that you could?
                G#
Just carry this gun,
                D#
You'll even get paid.".
                           A#
I said "That sounds pretty good."


[Verse]
              D#
Black leather boots,
                Gm
Spit-shined, so bright.
                G#
They cut off my hair,
               D#
But it looks alright.
                  G#
We marched and we sang.
              D#
We all became friends,
                     A#
As we learned how to fight.


[Chorus]
          Cm
A hero of war!
                       G#
Yeah, that's what I'll be.
                D#
And when I come home,
                         A#
They'll be damn proud of me.
                Cm
I'll carry this flag;
                   G#
To the grave, if I must.
                          D#
'Cause it's a flag that I love
                  A#
And I flag that I trust.


[Verse]
                D#
I kicked in the door,
            Gm
I yelled my commands.
                   G#
The children, they cried,
             D#
But I got my man.
            G#
We took him away,
               D#
A bag over his face,
                        A#
From his family and his friends.


[Verse]
                  D#
They took off his clothes,
                   Gm
They pissed in his hands.
               G#
I told them to stop,
                   D#
But then, I joined in.
                 G#
We beat him with guns
                     D#
And batons, not just once,
               A#
But again and again.


[Chorus]
          Cm
A hero of war!
                       G#
Yeah, that's what I'll be.
                D#
And when I come home,
                         A#
They'll be damn proud of me.
                Cm
I'll carry this flag
                   G#
To the grave, if I must.
                          D#
'Cause it's a flag that I love
                  A#
And I flag that I trust.


[Interlude]
D#  Gm~


[Verse]

    D#                          Gm
She walked through bullets and haze.
               G#
I asked her to stop;
                 D#
I begged her to stay.
                G#
But she pressed on,
               D#
So I lifted my gun
             A#
And I fired away


[Verse]
        D#
And the shells
                    Gm
Jumped through the smoke.
             G#
And into the sand,
                       D#
That the blood now had soaked,
       G#
She collapsed,
                   D#
With a flag in her hand.
                A#
A flag white as snow.


[Chorus]
          Cm
A hero of war!
                  G#
Is that what they see?
                 D#
Just medals and scars?
                 A#
So damn proud of me.
                        Cm
And I brought home that flag.
               G#
Now it gathers dust.
                       D#
But it's a flag that I love.
                     A#
It's the only flag I trust.


[Outro]
         D#                      Gm
He said "Son, have you seen the world?
                     G#
Well, what would you say
                   D#~
If I said that you could?