Hero of War

[Intro]
A#  Dm~


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


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


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


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


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


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


[Interlude]
A#  Dm~


[Verse]

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


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


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


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