Tabbed by ssjEasterBunny
TUNING:
Half-step down
STRUMMING:
D D D U D U D D U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
CHORDS USED: (Named by finger position, not by notes. The Roman numeral VI after the A#
it?s on the sixth fret, just so no one thinks I made it up.)
F Am A# C Dm Fsus Am7 A#VI F5
Eb | --------0-----------0-----1----------------------------- |
Bb | --1-----1-----------1-----3----------------------------- |
Gb | --2-----2-----3-----0-----2----12----12-----7----10----- |
Db | --3-----2-----3-----2-----0----10----10-----8----10----- |
Ab | --3-----0-----1-----3-----------8-----0-----x-----8----- |
Eb | --------------------------------------------6----------- |
Okay, here we go:
INTRO:
Eb | --------------------------------- | ----------------/5---3---1---0--- |
Bb | -----6-------6-------6-------6--- | -1~~----------------------------- |
Gb | ---------5-------5-------5------- | -0~~----------------------------- |
Db | --------------------------------- | -2~~----------------------------- |
Ab | --------------------------------- | -3~~----------------------------- |
Eb | -6------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
F
He said, "Son,
Am
Have you seen the world?
A#
Well, what would you say
F
If I said that you could?
A# F
Just carry this gun; you'll even get paid."
C
I said, "That sounds pretty good."
F
Black leather boots,
Am
Spit-shined so bright
A# F
They cut off my hair, but it looks alright.
A#
We marched and we sang;
F
We all became friends,
C
As we learned how to fight.
Dm
A hero of war,
A#
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
A#
To the grave if I must.
F
?Cause it's a flag that I love,
C
And a flag that I trust.
F
I kicked in the door.
Am
I yelled my commands.
A#
The children, they cried,
F
But I got my man.
A#
We took him away,
F
A bag over his face,
C
From his family, his friends.
F
They took off his clothes.
Am
They pissed in his hands.
A#
I told them to stop,
F
But then I joined in.
A#
We beat him with guns
F
And batons not just once,
C
But again and again.
Dm
A hero of war,
A#
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
A#
To the grave if I must.
F
?Cause it's a flag that I love,
C
And a flag that I trust.
NOTE:
Replace the last strum of the chorus with the note in parentheses below. Palm-mute the
chords until the original ones kick back in.
Eb | ----- | --------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
Bb | ----- | -----6-------6-------6-------6--- | -1~~------------(b9)-------------- |
Gb | ----- | ---------5-------5-------5------- | -0~~----------------12--10---(b9)-- |
Db | ----- | --------------------------------- | -2~~----------------------------- |
Ab | ----- | --------------------------------- | -3~~----------------------------- |
Eb | -(5)- | -6------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
Fsus Am7
She walked through bullets and haze.
A#VI
I asked her to stop;
F5
I begged her to stay.
A#VI
But she pressed on,
F5
So I lifted my gun,
C
And I fired away...
F Am
And the shells jumped through the smoke
A#
And into the sand
F
That the blood had now soaked.
A# F
She collapsed with a flag in her hand;
C
A flag white as snow...
Dm
A hero of war,
A#
Is that what they see?
F
Just medals and scars;
C
So damn proud of me.
Dm
And I brought home that flag.
A#
Now it gathers dust.
F
But it's the flag that I love;
C
It's the only flag I trust.
F
He said, "Son,
Am
Have you seen the world?
A#
Well, what would you say
F
If I said that you could?
NOTE:
Fear not if you have a hard time picking out the individual notes in the outro; McIlrath
pulls a ?the hell with it? it and strums them like in the verse.
Enjoy!
