Rise Against - Hero Of Waradd

[Intro]

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          A#
He said, “Son,
                 F
Have you see the world?
                     D#
Well, what would you say
                        A#
If I said that you could?
                D#
Just carry this gun
                     A#
and you’ll even get paid.”
                            F
I said, “That sounds pretty good.”

              A#
Black leather boots
               F
Spit-shined so bright
                D#
They cut off my hair
              A#
but it looked alright
                  D#
We marched and we sang
              A#
We all became friends
                     F
As we learned how to fight


          Cm
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
                Cm
I’ll carry this flag
                  D#
To the grave if I must
                        A#
Because it’s flag that I love
                  F
And a flag that I trust

                A#
I kicked in the door
             F
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

                  A#
They took off his clothes
                 F
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


          Cm
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
                Cm
I’ll carry this flag
                  D#
To the grave if I must
                          A#
Because it’s flag that I love
                   F
And a flag that I trust

        A#
She walked
                    F
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

        A#
The shells
                    F
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


          Cm
A hero of war
                 D#
Is that what the see
                A#
Just medals and scars
                F
So damn proud of me
                          Cm
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

          A#
He said, “Son,
                   F
have you seen the world?
                    D#
Well what would you say,
                   A#
if I said that you could?