Tuning: Standard                                       Capo 4





Intro

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Verse 1

          C

He said, "Son,

                 Em

Have you see the world?

                         F

Well, what would you say

                   C

If I said that you could?

                    F                       

Just carry this gun. 

                          C

and you’ll even get paid."

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I said, "That sounds pretty good."                       





Verse 2

              C

Black leather boots

             Em

Spit-shined so bright

                     F                  

They cut off my hair 

              C

but it looked alright

                       F

We marched and we sang

                     C

We all became friends

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As we learned how to fight





Chorus

          Am

A hero of war

                      F

Yeah that’s what I’ll be

                C

And when I come home

                         G

They’ll be damn proud of me

                     Am 

I’ll carry this flag

                  F

To the grave if I must

                             C

Because it’s the flag that I love

                G

And a flag that I trust





Verse 3

                     C

I kicked in the door

                    Em 

I yelled my commands

                   F

The children, they cried

           C

But I got my man

                 F

We took him away

                   C

A bag over his face

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From his family and his friends





Verse 4

                          C

They took off his clothes

                   Em 

They pissed in his hands

               F

I told them to stop

              C

But then I joined in

                      F 

We beat him with guns

                    C

And batons not just once

              G 

But again and again 





Chorus

          Am 

A hero of war

                      F

Yeah that’s what I’ll be

                C

And when I come home

                         G

They’ll be damn proud of me

                     Am

I’ll carry this flag

                  F

To the grave if I must

                             C

Because it’s the flag that I love

                G   

And a flag that I trust





Fill

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Verse 5

    C                          

She walked 

                    Em

through bullets and haze

               F

I asked her to stop

                C

I begged her to stay

                  F

But she pressed on

               C

So I lifted my gun

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And I fired away



Verse 6

     C                          

The shells 

                    Em

jumped through the smoke

                  F

And into the sand

                       C

That the blood now had soaked

          F                           

She collapsed 

                   C

with a flag in her hand

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A flag white as snow





Chorus

          Am   

A hero of war

                  F

Is that what they see

                      C

Just medals and scars

                 G

So damn proud of me

                         Am

And I brought home that flag

               F

Now it gathers dust

                       C

But it’s a flag that I love

                   G

It’s the only flag I trust





Outro

          C                           Em

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

                    F                       C

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