This is how i heard it and saw it live! But it´s my first tab so if there are a
few failures i´m willing to change them!
Eb Standard Tuning
Intro.
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He said...
Verse 1.
F Am
..."Son, have you seen the world?
Bb
Well, what would you say
F
If I said that you could?
Bb
Just carry this gun,
F
You'll even get paid.".
C
I said "That sounds pretty good."
Verse 2.
F
Black leather boots,
Am
Spit-shined, so bright.
Bb
They cut off my hair,
F
But it looks alright.
Bb
We marched and we sang.
F
We all became friends,
C
As we learned how to fight.
Chorus 1.
Dm
A hero of war!
Bb
Yeah, that's what I'll be.
F
And when I come home,
C
They'll be damn proud of me.
Dm
I'll carry this flag;
Bb
To the grave, if I must.
F
'Cause it's a flag that I love
C
And I flag that I trust.
Verse 3.
F
I kicked in the door,
Am
I yelled my commands.
Bb
The children, they cried,
F
But I got my man.
Bb
We took him away,
F
A bag over his face,
C
From his family and his friends.
Verse 4.
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F
They took off his clothes,
Am
They pissed in his hands.
Bb
I told them to stop,
F
But then, I joined in.
Bb
We beat him with guns
F
And batons, not just once,
C
But again and again.
Chorus 1.
Dm
A hero of war!
Bb
Yeah, that's what I'll be.
F
And when I come home,
C
They'll be damn proud of me.
Dm
I'll carry this flag;
Bb
To the grave, if I must.
F
'Cause it's a flag that I love
C
And I flag that I trust.
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She...
Verse 5.
F Am
...walked through bullets and haze.
Bb
I asked her to stop;
F
I begged her to stay.
Bb
But she pressed on,
F
So I lifted my gun
C
And I fired away...
Verse 6.
F
And the shells
Am
Jumped through the smoke.
Bb
And into the sand,
F
That the blood had now soaked,
Bb
She collapsed,
F
With a flag in her hand.
C
A flag white as snow.
Chorus 2.
Dm
A hero of war!
Bb
Is that what they see?
F
All medals and scars?
C
So damn proud of me.
Dm
And I brought that flag home.
Bb
Now it gathers dust.
F
But it's a flag that I love.
C
It's the only flag I trust.
Outro.
F Am
He said "Son, have you seen the world?
Bb
Well, what would you say
F
If I said that you could?
