Hero of War

[Intro]
G#  Cm~


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


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


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


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


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


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


[Interlude]
G#  Cm~


[Verse]

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


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


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


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