Standard tuning

Capo on 4th fret



Chords:   EADGBe

        C x32010

       Em 022000

        F 133211

        G 320033

        G 320003

   Gadd11 320013

       Am x02210



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."

                            G     Gadd11  g  Gadd11  <--(listen to the song

I said, "That sounds pretty good."                       to get this part)



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

                     G     Gadd11  G  Gadd11

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

                        G      Gadd11  G   Gadd11

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    Gadd11  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



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

            G    Gadd11  G

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

                G     Gadd11  G  Gadd11

A flag white as snow



Chorus:



          Am   

A hero of war

                 F

Is that what the 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?"