Rise Against - Hero of war

He said, ??^E?Son, Have you see the ^G#mworld? Well, what would you^A say If I said that you c^Eould? Just carry this g^Aun and you’ll even get^E paid.” I said, “That sounds prett^By good.”

Black leather ^Eboots Spit-shined so ^G#mbright They cut off my ha^Air but it looked al^Eright We marched and we ^Asang We all became f^Eriends As we learned ^Bhow to fight

A hero of ^C#mwar Yeah that’s what I??^A?ll be And when I come ho^Eme They’ll be damn proud ^Bof me I’ll carry this^C#m flag To the grave if I ^Amust Because it’s flag that I^E love And a flag that I tr^Bust

I kicked in the d^Eoor I yelled my comm^G#mands The children, they cr^Aied But I got my^E man We took him aw^Aay A bag over his^E face From his family and his ^Bfriends They took off his cl^Eothes They pissed in his ^G#mhands I told them to s^Atop But then I joi^Ened in We beat him with ^Aguns And batons not just o^Ence But again and a^Bgain

A hero of ^C#mwar Yeah that’s what I??^A?ll be And when I come ho^Eme They’ll be damn proud ^Bof me I’ll carry this^C#m flag To the grave if I ^Amust Because it’s flag that I^E love And a flag that I tr^Bust

She wa^Elked through bullets and ^G#mhaze I asked her to s^Atop I begged her to ^Estay But she pressed^A on So I lifted my ^Egun And I fired a^Bway The s^Ehells jumped through the s^G#mmoke And into the ^Asand That the blood now had ^Esoaked She c^Aollapsed with a flag in her^E hand A flag white as^B snow

A hero of ^C#mwar Is that what they ^Asee Just medals and sc^Ears So damn proud of^B me

Now it gathers d^Aust But it’s a flag that ^EI love It’s the only flag ^BI trust ^EHe said, “Son, have you seen the ^G#mworld? Well what would you sa^Ay, if I said that you cou^Eld?"