Rise Against - Hero Of Waradd

[Intro]

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

        F
The shells
                    C
jumped through the smoke
             A#
And into the sand
                        F
That the blood now had soaked
        A#
She collapsed
                   F
with a flag in her hand
                C
A flag white as snow


          Gm
A hero of war
                 A#
Is that what the see
                F
Just medals and scars
                C
So damn proud of me
                          Gm
And I brought home that flag
                A#
Now it gathers dust
                        F
But it’s a flag that I love
                        C
It’s the only flag I trust

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