Tom: E
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A|---------------------2-----------------
E|---5-----------------------------------
E G#m
He said "Son, have you seen the world?
A9 E
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
A9 E
Just carry this gun and you'll even get paid."
B
I said "That sounds pretty good."
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G|----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------
D|---------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------
E
Black leather boots
G#m
Spit-shined so bright
A9 E
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
A9
We marched and we sang
E
We all became friends
B
As we learned how to fight
C#m A9 E B
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G|---6-------4-------4-------4-----------
D|-6-------7-------6-------4-------------
A|---------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------
C#m
A hero of war
A9
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
A9
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
A9
The children, they cried
E
But I got my man
A9
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
A9
I told them to stop
E
But then I joined in
A9
We beat him with guns
E
And batons not just once
B
But again and again
C#m A9 E B
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G|---6-------4-------4-------4-----------
D|-6-------7-------6-------4-------------
A|---------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------
C#m
A hero of war
A9
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
A9
To the grave if I must
E
'Cause it's a flag that I love
B
And a flag that I trust
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G|--------4---4---4----4-----------------
D|---------------------4-----------------
A|---------------------2-----------------
E|---5-----------------------------------
E G#m
She walked through bullets and haze
A9
I asked her to stop
E
I begged her to stay
A9
But she pressed on
E
So I lifted my gun
B
And I fired away
Riff:
E|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-5-5-5-7-4-4-4-5--------------------------
B|----5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4---
G|----------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E G#m
And the shells jumped through the smoke
A9
And into the sand
E
That the blood now had soaked
A9 E
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
B
A flag white as snow
C#m
A hero of war
A9
Is that what they see
E
Just medals and scars
B
So damn proud of me
C#m
And I brought home that flag
A9
Now it gathers dust
E
But it's a flag that I love
B
It's the only flag I trust
E G#m
He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
A9 E
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"
