Rise Against - Hero Of Waradd

[Intro]

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          C
He said, “Son,
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Have you see the world?
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Well, what would you say
                        C
If I said that you could?
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Just carry this gun
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and you’ll even get paid.”
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I said, “That sounds pretty good.”

              C
Black leather boots
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Spit-shined so bright
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They cut off my hair
              C
but it looked alright
                  F
We marched and we sang
              C
We all became friends
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As we learned how to fight


          Dm
A hero of war
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Yeah that’s what I’ll be
                C
And when I come home
                         G
They’ll be damn proud of me
                Dm
I’ll carry this flag
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To the grave if I must
                        C
Because it’s flag that I love
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And a flag that I trust

                C
I kicked in the door
             G
I yelled my commands
                   F
The children, they cried
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But I got my man
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We took him away
                C
A bag over his face
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From his family and his friends

                  C
They took off his clothes
                 G
They pissed in his hands
                F
I told them to stop
               C
But then I joined in
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We beat him with guns
                   C
And batons not just once
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But again and again


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

        C
She walked
                    G
through bullets and haze
                 F
I asked her to stop
                C
I begged her to stay
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But she pressed on
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So I lifted my gun
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And I fired away

        C
The shells
                    G
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
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A flag white as snow


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

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