\songcolumns{2}
\beginsong{Hero of War}[by=Rise Against,cov=appeal-to-reason]

\cover
\gtab{Mim}{7:X02210}
\gtab{Si}{7:022100}
\gtab{La}{5:022100}
\gtab{Fa#m}{9:X02210}

\beginverse
He said, "\[Mim]Son,
Have you see the \[Si]world?
Well, what would you \[La]say
If I said that you \[Mim]could?
Just carry this \[La]gun 
And you’ll even get \[Mim]paid."
I said, "That sounds pretty \[Si]good."
\endverse

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

\beginchorus
A hero of \[Fa#m]war
Yeah that’s what I’\[La]ll be
And when I come \[Mim]home
They’ll be damn proud of \[Si]me
I’ll carry this \[Fa#m]flag
To the grave if I \[La]must
Because it’s flag that \[Mim]I love
And a flag that I \[Si]trust
\endchorus

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

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

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

\beginverse
The shells 
jumped through the smoke
And into the sand
That the blood now had soaked
She collapsed 
With a flag in her hand
A flag white as snow
\endverse

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

\beginverse
He said, “Son, 
have you seen the world? 
Well what would you say, 
if I said that you could?”
\endverse

\endsong