Tom: Bbm
[Intro]
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[Chorus]
C G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G7 C
Number practically zero
Am F
- But there are millions
G C
Who wanna be civilians.
C G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G7 C
Number practically zero
Am F
- But there are millions
G C
Who wanna be civilians.
[Verse 1]
C G
Come and take my eldest son
G7 C
Show him how to shoot a gun
Am F
Wipe his eyes if he starts to cry
G C
When the bullets fly.
C G
Give him a rifle, take his hoe
G7 C
Show him a field where he can go
Am F
To lay his body down and die
G C
Without asking why.
[Chorus]
C G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G7 C
Number practically zero
Am F
- But there are millions
G C
Who wanna be civilians.
C G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G7 C
Number practically zero
Am F
- But there are millions
G C
Who wanna be civilians.
[Verse 2]
C G
Sticks and stones can break your bones
G7 C
Even names can hurt you
Am F
But the thing that hurts the most
G C
Is when a man deserts you.
C G
Don't you think it's time to weed?
G7 C
The leaders that no longer lead
Am F
From the people of the land
G C
Who'd like to see their sons again?
[Chorus]
C G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G7 C
Number practically zero
Am F
- But there are millions
G C
Who wanna be civilians.
C G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G7 C
Number practically zero
Am F
- But there are millions
G C
Who wanna be civilians.
[Key change]
[Verse 3]
C# G#
God, if men could only see
G#7 C
The lessons taught by history
A#m F#
That all the singers of this song
G# C#
Cannot right a single wrong.
C# G#
Let all men - of good will
G#7 C
Stay in the fields they have to till
A#m F#
Feed the mouths they have to fill
G# C#
And cast away their arms.
[Chorus]
C# G#
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G#7 C#
Number practically zero
A#m F#
- But there are millions
G# C#
Who wanna be civilians.
C# G#
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G#7 C#
Number practically zero
A#m F#
- But there are millions
G# C#
Who wanna be civilians.
[Chorus]
C# G#
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G#7 C#
Number practically zero
A#m F#
- But there are millions
G# C#
Who wanna be civilians.
C# G#
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G#7 C#
Number practically zero
A#m F#
- But there are millions
G# C#
Who wanna be civilians.
