Hero of War

[Intro]
B  D#m~


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


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


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


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


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


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


[Interlude]
B  D#m~


[Verse]

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


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


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


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