Rise Against - Hero Of Waradd

[Intro]

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

              C#
Black leather boots
               G#
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


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

                C#
I kicked in the door
             G#
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

                  C#
They took off his clothes
                 G#
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


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

        C#
She walked
                    G#
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

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


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

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