{title: Hero of war}
{artist: Rise Against}
{album: Appeal to reason}
{cover: appeal-to-reason}
{language: english}
{columns: 2}
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{define: G#m base-fret 4 frets 0 2 2 0 0 0}
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He said, ``[E]Son
Have you see the [G#m]world?
Well, what would you [A]say
If I said that you [E]could?
Just carry this [A]gun
And you'll even get [E]paid''
I said, ``That sounds pretty [B]good''


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

{start_of_chorus}
  A hero of [C#m]war
  Yeah that's what I'[A]ll be
  And when I come [E]home
  They'll be damn proud of [B]me
  I'll carry this [C#m]flag
  To the grave if I [A]must
  Because it's flag that [E]I love
  And a flag that I [B]trust
{end_of_chorus}


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


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


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


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

{start_of_chorus}
  A hero of war
  Is that what they 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
{end_of_chorus}


He said, ``Son
Have you seen the world?
Well what would you say
If I said that you could?''