[INTRO:]
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[TEXT:]
(1) He said...
[E] [G#mi]
"Son, have you seen the world?
[A]
Well, what would you say
[E]
If I said that you could?
[A]
Just carry this gun,
[E]
You'll even get paid.".
[H]
I said "That sounds pretty good."
[E] [G#mi]
(2) Black leather boots, Spit-shined so bright
They cut off my hair
but it looked alright
We marched and we sang
We all became friends
As we learned how to fight.
[C#mi]
(R1)A hero of war!
[A]
Yeah, that's what I'll be.
[E]
And when I come home,
[H]
They'll be damn proud of me.
[C#mi]
I'll carry this flag;
[A]
To the grave, if I must.
[E]
'Cause it's a flag that I love
[H]
And it's flag that I trust.
(3) I kicked in the door
I yelled my commands
The children, they cried
But I got my man
We took him away
A bag over his face
From his family and his friends
[E] [G#mi]
(4) They took off his clothes. 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
[H]
But again and again
[C#mi]
(R1)A hero of war!
(I) INTRO:
(5) She walked through bullets and haze
I asked her to stop
I begged her to stay
But she pressed on
So I lifted my gun
And I fired away
(6) And the shells
Jumped through the smoke.
And into the sand,
That the blood now had soaked,
She collapsed,
With a flag in her hand.
A flag white as snow.
[C#mi]
(R2)A hero of war!
[A]
Is that what they see
[E]
just medals and scars,
[H]
So damn proud of me
[C#mi]
And I brought home that flag
[A]
Now it gathers dust
[E]
But it’s a flag that I love
[H]
It’s the only flag I trust
[E] [G#mi]
(7) "Son, have you seen the world?
[A]
Well, what would you say
[E]
If I said that you could?
Hero of War
Rise Against
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30. 05. 2022
