E|-----------------------7----------------|
B|-----------------------7---7/9-7--------|
G|------9---9---9---9----8---------9-8----|
D|--------9---9---9------9----------------|
A|---0-------------------9----------------|
E|-----------------------7----------------|

         E                          G#m
He said  Son, have you seen the world?
                      A                         E
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
                 A                         E
Just carry this gun and you'll even get paid.
                            B
I said  That sounds pretty good.

                 E
Black leather boots
               G#m
Spit-shined so bright
                  A                  E
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
                   A
We marched and we sang
                    E
We all became friends
                  B
As we learned how to fight

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

                    E
I kicked in the door
                 G#m
I yelled my commands
                     A
The children, they cried
            E
But I got my man
              A
We took him away
                  E
A bag over his face
                        B
From his family and his friends

                    E
They took off his clothes
                      G#m
They pissed in his hands
                 A
I told them to stop
               E
But then I joined in
                  A
We beat him with guns
                     E
And batons not just once
                B
But again and again

           C#m
A hero of war
                      A
Yeah that's what I'll be
                   E
And when I come home
                          B
They'll be damn proud of me
                    C#m
I'll carry this flag
                    A
To the grave if I must
                           E
'Cause it's a flag that I love
                    B
And a flag that I trust
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------7/9--7------------|
G|----9-9-9-9--4----------9-8--------|
D|-----9-9-9---4---------------------|
A|--0----------2---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

 E                              G#m
She walked through bullets and haze
                 A
I asked her to stop
                  E
I begged her to stay
                 A
But she pressed on
                E
So I lifted my gun
             B
And I fired away

    (Riff) E                        G#m
And the shells jumped through the smoke
                A
And into the sand
                          E
That the blood now had soaked
         A                       E
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
                 B
A flag white as snow

            C#m
A hero of war
                    A
Is that what they see
                   E
Just medals and scars
                  B
So damn proud of me
                         C#m
And I brought home that flag
                  A
Now it gathers dust
                         E
But it's a flag that I love
                      B
It's the only flag I trust

           E                        G#
He said,  Son, have you seen the world?
                     A                         E
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?
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B|----5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
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