Rise Against – Hero Of War (Guitar)

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                                   He said...

    E                      G#m
..."Son, have you seen the world?

                     A
Well, what would you say

                   E
If I said that you could?

                A
Just carry this gun,

                E
You'll even get paid.".

                           B
I said "That sounds pretty good."

              E
Black leather boots,

                G#m
Spit-shined, so bright.

                A
They cut off my hair,

               E
But it looks alright.

                  A
We marched and we sang.

              E
We all became friends,

                     B
As we learned how to fight.

          C#m
A hero of war!

                       A
Yeah, that's what I'll be.

                E
And when I come home,

                         B
They'll be damn proud of me.

                C#m
I'll carry this flag;

                    A
To the  grave, if I must.

                          E
'Cause it's a flag that I love

                   B
And it's flag that  I trust.

                E
I kicked in the door,

            G#m
I yelled my commands.

                   A
The children, they cried,

             E
But I got my man.

            A
We took him away,

               E
A bag over his face,

                        B
From his family and his friends.

                  E
They took off his clothes,

                   G#m
They pissed in his hands.

               A
I told them to stop,

                   E
But then, I joined in.

                 A
We beat him with guns

                     E
And batons, not just once,

               B
But again and again.

          C#m
A hero of war!

                       A
Yeah, that's what I'll be.

                E
And when I come home,

                         B
They'll be damn proud of me.

                C#m
I'll carry this flag;

                    A
To the  grave, if I must.

                          E
'Cause it's a flag that I love

                   B
And I flag that  I trust.

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                                   She...

   E                          G#m
...walked through bullets and haze.

               A
I asked her to stop;

                E
I begged her to stay.

                A
But she pressed on,

               E
So I lifted my gun

            B
And I fired away...

        E
And the shells

                   G#m
Jumped through the smoke.

             A
And into the sand,

                       E
That the blood now had soaked,

        A
She collapsed,

                   E
With a flag in her hand.

                B
A flag white as snow.

          C#m
A hero of war!

                  A
Is that what they see?

               E
Just medals and scars?

                 B
So damn proud of me.

                        C#m
And I brought home that flag.

               A
Now it gathers dust.

                       E
But it's a flag that I love.

                     B
It's the only flag I trust.

         E                      G#m
He said "Son, have you seen the world?

                     A
Well, what would you say

                   E
If I said that you could?"

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