Hero Of War Chords by Rise Against

_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] He said son
_ Have [Abm] you seen the world?
_ Well, what would you [A]
say?
_ If I said that [E] you could
_ Just carry this [A]
gun
[E] _ _ You'll even get paid.
I said that sounds [B] pretty good _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ black [E] leather boots
_ _ spit shine [Abm]
so bright
_ They cut off my [A]
hair
_ But it [E] looks all right
_ We marched and we [A]
sang
_ We all became [E]
friends
_ as we learned how [B]
to
fight _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a _ hero
[Dbm] _
_ Yeah, _ that's what I'll [A] be _ and when I [E] come home
They'll be damn proud [B] of me
_ _ I'll carry this [Ab]
flag
_ To the grave if [A] I must
_ Cuz it's a flag that [E] I love
And a flag that [B] I trust _ I kicked in [E] the door
_ _ yelled my [Ab] _
[Abm] commands
_ the children [A] they [E] cried
_ But I got my _ man.
We took him away a
_ bag over his face
_ From his family [B] and his friends
_ They _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ took off his [E]
clothes
_ They pissed in [Ab] his [Abm] hands.
I
told them [A] to stop
_ but then I [E] joined in
We beat him with [A]
guns _ and batons not [E] just once but again
_ [B]
again Again _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ _ _ that's what [A] I'll be and
When [B] I [E] come home, they'll be damn proud [B] of me
_ I'll carry this [Ab]
flag
_ To the grave if [A] I must
Cuz it's a flag that [E] I love
_ And a flag that [B] I _ _ trust
_ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] I
_ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ She walked
through _ bullets [Abm] and haze I
_ Asked her [A] to stop.
_ I
begged her [E] to stay
[Dbm] _ _ But she pressed [A]
on
So I lifted [Dbm] my gun _ and I fired [B] away
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And [E] the shells
_ _ Jumped through [Abm] the smoke _ and into the [E]
sand
But the blood now has soap
_ _ _ She [A]
collapsed _ with the flag [E] in her hand
_ _ _ flag white [B] as snow _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ a
Hero _ [Dbm] _
war is that what [E] they see _ just medals and scars
_ So damn proud [B] of me
And I brought home [Dbm] that flag
_ Now it gathers [E]
dust
But it's a flag that I love
_ It's the only flag [B] I _ trust
_ He [E] said son
Have you [Abm] seen the world?
_ But what would [A] you [E] say?
_ If I said that you could _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _