Rise Against – Hero Of War (Ukulele)

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Hey i'm posting a version of "hero of war" for ukulele with the intro. Key change from Eb to C to better fit ukulele [Intro]
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E|-1--------------------3--------------|
C|----------------------2--------------|
G|------0-----0----0----4--------------|
                              He Said...
[Verse 1]
    C                      Em
..."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 2]
              C
Black leather boots,

                Em
Spit-shined, so bright.

                F
They cut off my hair,

                C
But it looked alright.

                  F
We marched and we sang.

              C
We all became friends,

                     G
As we learned how to fight.
[Chorus]
          Am
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.

                Am
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 3]
                C
I kicked in the door,

            Em
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 4]
                  C
They took off his clothes,

                   Em
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]
          Am
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.

                Am
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.
[Instrumental]
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e|-1--------------------3--------------|
c|----------------------2--------------|
g|------0-----0----0----4--------------|
She... [Verse 5]
   C                          Em
...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 6]
        C
And the shells

                   Em
Jumped through the smoke.

             F
And into the sand,

                       C
That the blood had now soaked,

        F
She collapsed,

                   C
With a flag in her hand.

                G
A flag white as snow.
[Chorus]
          Am
A hero of war!

                  F
Is that what they see?

               C
Just medals and scars?

                 G
So damn proud of me.

                        Am
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                      Em
He said "Son, have you seen the world?

                     F
Well, what would you say

                   C
If I said that you could?