Hero Of War

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          E                          G#m
He said "Son, have you seen the world?
                      A9                         E
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
                 A9                         E
Just carry this gun and you'll even get paid."
                            B
I said "That sounds pretty good."


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                 E
Black leather boots
               G#m
Spit-shined so bright
                  A9                 E
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
                   A9
We marched and we sang
                    E
We all became friends
                  B
As we learned how to fight


       C#m      A9     E       B
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           C#m
A hero of war
                      A9
Yeah that's what I'll be
                   E
And when I come home
                          B
They'll be damn proud of me
                    C#m
I'll carry this flag
                    A9
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
                 G#m
I yelled my commands
                     A9
The children, they cried
            E
But I got my man
              A9
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
                 A9
I told them to stop
               E
But then I joined in
                  A9
We beat him with guns
                     E
And batons not just once
                B
But again and again


       C#m      A9     E       B
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           C#m
A hero of war
                      A9
Yeah that's what I'll be
                   E
And when I come home
                          B
They'll be damn proud of me
                    C#m
I'll carry this flag
                    A9
To the grave if I must
                           E
'Cause it's a flag that I love
                    B
And a flag that I trust


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 E                              G#m
She walked through bullets and haze
                 A9
I asked her to stop
                  E
I begged her to stay
                 A9
But she pressed on
                E
So I lifted my gun
             B
And I fired away

Riff:

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   E                        G#m
And the shells jumped through the smoke
                A9
And into the sand
                          E
That the blood now had soaked
         A9                       E
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
                 B
A flag white as snow


            C#m
A hero of war
                    A9
Is that what they see
                   E
Just medals and scars
                  B
So damn proud of me
                         C#m
And I brought home that flag
                  A9
Now it gathers dust
                         E
But it's a flag that I love
                      B
It's the only flag I trust

           E                        G#m
He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
                     A9                        E
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"