Rise Against - Hero Of Waradd

[Intro]

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

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


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

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

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


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

        G
She walked
                    D
through bullets and haze
                 C
I asked her to stop
                G
I begged her to stay
                C
But she pressed on
                G
So I lifted my gun
             D
And I fired away

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


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

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