Hero Of War chords by Rise Against

Chords with lyrics

Capo on fourth fret!


Intro:

     Down strum
       BB
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-0*-----------5----------------------------------
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Verse 1:

     C majorC
He said, "Son,
         E minorEm
Have you see the world?
          FF
Well, what would you say
          C majorC
If I said that you could?
        FF
Just carry this gun.
          C majorC
and you’ll even get paid."
              G+G   Gadd11 g Gadd11 <--(listen to the song
I said, "That sounds pretty good."            to get this part)

Verse 2:

       C majorC
Black leather boots
        E minorEm
Spit-shined so bright
        FF
They cut off my hair
        C majorC
but it looked alright
         FF
We marched and we sang
       C majorC
We all became friends
           G+G   Gadd11 g Gadd11
As we learned how to fight

Chorus:

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

Verse 3:

        C majorC
I kicked in the door
      E minorEm
I yelled my commands
          FF
The children, they cried
       C majorC
But I got my man
      FF
We took him away
        C majorC
A augmentedA bag over his face
            g   Gadd11 G+G  Gadd11
From his family and his friends

Verse 4:

         C majorC
They took off his clothes
          E minorEm
They pissed in his hands
        FF
I told them to stop
         C majorC
But then I joined in
         FF
We beat him with guns
          C majorC
And batons not just once
       g  Gadd11 G+G
But again and again

Chorus:

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

     Down strum
       BB
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--------------3---3/5\3--------------------------
----5-5-5-5---4--------5-4-----------------------
-----5-5-5----5----------------------------------
-0*-----------5----------------------------------
--------------3----------------------------------


Verse 5:

  C majorC
She walked
          E minorEm
through bullets and haze
        FF
I asked her to stop
        C majorC
I begged her to stay
        FF
But she pressed on
        C majorC
So I lifted my gun
      g  Gadd11 G+G
And I fired away

Verse 6:

  C majorC
The shells
          E minorEm
jumped through the smoke
       FF
And into the sand
            C majorC
That the blood now had soaked
  FF
She collapsed
          C majorC
with a flag in her hand
        G+G   Gadd11 g Gadd11
A augmentedA flag white as snow

Chorus:

     A minorAm
A augmentedA hero of war
         FF
Is that what the see
        C majorC
Just medals and scars
         G+G
So damn proud of me
            A minorAm
And I brought home that flag
        FF
Now it gathers dust
            C majorC
But it’s a flag that I love
           G+G
It’s the only flag I trust

outro:

     C majorC           E minorEm
He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
          FF            C majorC
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"

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