[Intro]

      Em       B

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


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




[chorus]
        F#m
A hero of war
                 A
Yeah that’s what I’ll be
            Em
And when I come home
                     B
They’ll be damn proud of me
            F#m
I’ll carry this flag
              A
To the grave if I must
                  Em
Because it’s flag that I love
              B
And a flag that I trust




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




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



[chorus]
        F#m
A hero of war
                  A
Yeah that’s what I’ll be
                Em
And when I come home
                    B
They’ll be damn proud of me
            F#m
I’ll carry this flag
                A
To the grave if I must
                      Em
Because it’s flag that I love
                 B
And a flag that I trust



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



      Em
The shells 
                B
jumped through the smoke
           A
And into the sand
                  Em
That the blood now had soaked
      A
She collapsed 
               Em
with a flag in her hand
            B
A flag white as snow



[chorus]
        F#m
A hero of war
             A
Is that what the see
            E
Just medals and scars
            B
So damn proud of me
                    F#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



        Em
He said, “Son, 
               B
have you seen the world? 
                A
Well what would you say, 
               Em
if I said that you could?”