Hero Of War Uke tab by Rise Against

6 Chords used in the song: C, Em, F, G, Csus2, Am

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Artist: 
Year:  2008
Difficulty: 
3.17
(Beginner)
Key: CChords and Tablature
Intro
A|----3---3---3--2-----7--5--3--2---|
E|--------------(3)-----------------|
C|--5------------2------------------|
G|------0---0----0------------------|


Verse 1
          C C
He said, "Son,
                 Em
Have you see the world?
                         F
Well, what would you say
                   C
If I said that you could?
                    F F                       
Just carry this gun. 
                          C C
and you’ll even get paid."
                            G G      Csus2 Csus2
I said, "That sounds pretty good."                       


Verse 2
              C C
Black leather boots
             Em
Spit-shined so bright
                     F                  
They cut off my hair 
              C C
but it looked alright
                       F
We marched and we sang
                     C
We all became friends
                     G G     Csus2 Csus2
As we learned how to fight


Chorus
          Am Am
A A hero of war
                      F F
Yeah that’s what I’ll be
                C C
And when I come home
                         G
They’ll be damn proud of me
                     Am 
I’ll carry this flag
                  F F
To the grave if I must
                             C
Because it’s the flag that I love
                G G
And a flag that I trust


Verse 3
                     C
I kicked in the door
                    Em Em 
I yelled my commands
                   F
The children, they cried
           C
But I got my man
                 F
We took him away
                   C
A A bag over his face
                        G G        Csus2 Csus2
From his family and his friends

Verse 4
                          C C
They took off his clothes
                   Em 
They pissed in his hands
               F
I told them to stop
              C C
But then I joined in
                      F F 
We beat him with guns
                    C C
And batons not just once
              G G  Csus2 Csus2
But again and again 


Chorus
          Am Am 
A A hero of war
                      F F
Yeah that’s what I’ll be
                C C
And when I come home
                         G
They’ll be damn proud of me
                     Am
I’ll carry this flag
                  F F
To the grave if I must
                             C
Because it’s the flag that I love
                G G    Csus2 Csus2
And a flag that I trust


Fill
Intro
A|----3---3---3--2-----7--5--3--2---|
E|--------------(3)-----------------|
C|--5------------2------------------|
G|------0---0----0------------------|

Verse 5
    C C                          
She walked 
                    Em Em
through bullets and haze
               F
I asked her to stop
                C C
I begged her to stay
                  F F
But she pressed on
               C
So I lifted my gun
             G    Csus2
And I fired away

Verse 6
     C                          
The shells 
                    Em Em
jumped through the smoke
                  F F
And into the sand
                       C
That the blood now had soaked
          F F                           
She collapsed 
                   C
with a flag in her hand
                 G G     Csus2 Csus2
A A flag white as snow


Chorus
          Am Am   
A A hero of war
                  F F
Is that what they see
                      C 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 C                           Em Em
He said, "Son, have you seen the world? 
                    F F                       C C
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?" 

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