Hero of War

[Intro]
C#  Fm~


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


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


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


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


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


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


[Interlude]
C#  Fm~


[Verse]

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


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


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


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