Rise Against - Hero Of Waradd

[Intro]

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

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


          C#m
A hero of war
                     E
Yeah that’s what I’ll be
                B
And when I come home
                         F#
They’ll be damn proud of me
                C#m
I’ll carry this flag
                  E
To the grave if I must
                        B
Because it’s flag that I love
                  F#
And a flag that I trust

                B
I kicked in the door
             F#
I yelled my commands
                   E
The children, they cried
              B
But I got my man
            E
We took him away
                B
A bag over his face
                       F#
From his family and his friends

                  B
They took off his clothes
                 F#
They pissed in his hands
                E
I told them to stop
               B
But then I joined in
                 E
We beat him with guns
                   B
And batons not just once
               F#
But again and again


          C#m
A hero of war
                      E
Yeah that’s what I’ll be
                  B
And when I come home
                        F#
They’ll be damn proud of me
                C#m
I’ll carry this flag
                  E
To the grave if I must
                          B
Because it’s flag that I love
                   F#
And a flag that I trust

        B
She walked
                    F#
through bullets and haze
                 E
I asked her to stop
                B
I begged her to stay
                E
But she pressed on
                B
So I lifted my gun
             F#
And I fired away

        B
The shells
                    F#
jumped through the smoke
             E
And into the sand
                        B
That the blood now had soaked
        E
She collapsed
                   B
with a flag in her hand
                F#
A flag white as snow


          C#m
A hero of war
                 E
Is that what the see
                B
Just medals and scars
                F#
So damn proud of me
                          C#m
And I brought home that flag
                E
Now it gathers dust
                        B
But it’s a flag that I love
                        F#
It’s the only flag I trust

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