Hero of War Chords by Rise Against

[Start]

[Verse]
A B         E                     G#m  
■ ■ He said son have you seen the world
                    A                      E    
Well what would you say if I said that you could
                A                   E   
Just carry this gun you'll even get paid
                          B   
I said that sounds pretty good
              E    
Black leather boots
           G#m      
Spitshined so bright
                A                  E      
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
                  A   
We marched and we sang
              E      
We all became friends
                  B       
As we learned how to fight


[Chorus]
       C#m   
A hero of war
                      A 
Yeah that's what I'll be
                E   
And when I come home
                         B 
They'll be damn proud of me
                C#  
I'll carry this flag
                  A   
To the grave if I must
                         E   
Cause it's a flag that I love
                B      
And a flag that I trust
                E   
I kicked in the door


[Verse]
            G#m     
I yelled my commands
                  A    
The children they cried
          E     
But I got my man
            A   
We took him away
               E   
A bag over his face
                        B      
From his family and his friends
                  E      
They took off his clothes
                   G#m  
They pissed in his hands
               A   
I told them to stop
           E        
But then I joined in
                 A   
We beat him with guns
                    E   
And batons not just once
          B        
But again and again


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


[Verse]
    E                          G#m 
She walked through bullets and haze
               Amaj7
I asked her to stop 
                E   
I begged her to stay
                A 
But she pressed on
               E  
So I lifted my gun
            B   
And I fired away
        E                         G#m  
And the shells jumped through the smoke
             A   
And into the sand
                       E     
That the blood now had soaked
    A                            E   
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
                B   
A flag white as snow


[Chorus]
       C#m C#m7
A hero of  war 
                  Amaj7
Is that what they see  
                E    
Just medals and scars
                 B 
So damn proud of me
                        C#m 
And I brought home that flag
C#m7           Amaj7
Now it gathers dust 
                       E   
But it's a flag that I love
              B           
The only flag that I trust
        E                     G#m  
He said son have you seen the world
                    A                  E        
Well what would you say if I said that you could


[End]