Rise Against - Hero Of War Chords & Tabs

Tuning Eb

Another great song from rise against. Finally a group of guys who burst the
bubble of heroisme in wars. Cuz there is none !

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


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


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


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


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

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

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              Bb                Am       |
She walked through bullets and haze      |
                 Bb                      |
I asked her to stop                      |
                 C                       |
I begged her to stay                     |
                Bb                       |
But she pressed on                       |
               Am                        |
So I lifted my gun                       |
             Bb     C                    |
And I fired away                         |
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          Bb       
The shells 
                     Am
jumped through the smoke
               Bb
And into the sand
                          C
That the blood now had soaked
             Bb                   Am
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
                Bb     C
A flag white as snow


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



He said, “Son, 
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have you seen the world? 

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Well what would you say, 
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if I said that you could?”
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