Hero Of War chords by Rise Against

Capo on fourth fret!



Intro:

     Down strum
       B
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Verse 1:

     C
He said, "Son,
         Em
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   Gadd11 g Gadd11 <--(listen to the song
I said, "That sounds pretty good."            to get this part)

Verse 2:

       C
Black leather boots
        Em
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   Gadd11 g Gadd11
As we learned how to fight

Chorus:

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

Verse 3:

        C
I kicked in the door
      Em
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   Gadd11 G  Gadd11
From his family and his friends

Verse 4:

         C
They took off his clothes
          Em
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  Gadd11 G
But again and again

Chorus:

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


     Down strum
       B
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Verse 5:

  C
She walked
          Em
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  Gadd11 G
And I fired away

Verse 6:

  C
The shells
          Em
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   Gadd11 g Gadd11
A flag white as snow

Chorus:

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

outro:

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