B9 C9
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F5 A5
He said "Son, have you seen the world?
Bb5 F5
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
Bb5 F5
Just carry this gun and you'll even get paid."
C5
I said "That sounds pretty good."
F5
Black leather boots
A5
Spit-shined so bright
Bb5 F5
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
Bb5
We marched and we sang
F5
We all became friends
C5
As we learned how to fight
D5
A hero of war
Bb5
Yeah that's what I'll be
F5
And when I come home
C5
They'll be damn proud of me
D5
I'll carry this flag
Bb5
To the grave if I must
F5
'Cause it's a flag that I love
C5
And a flag that I trust
F5
I kicked in the door
A5
I yelled my commands
Bb5
The children, they cried
F5
But I got my man
Bb5
We took him away
F5
A bag over his face
C5
From his family and his friends
F5
They took off his clothes
A5
They pissed in his hands
Bb5
I told them to stop
F5
But then I joined in
Bb5
We beat him with guns
F5
And batons not just once
C5
But again and again
D5
A hero of war
Bb5
Yeah that's what I'll be
F5
And when I come home
C5
They'll be damn proud of me
D5
I'll carry this flag
Bb5
To the grave if I must
F5
'Cause it's a flag that I love
C5
And a flag that I trust
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F5 A5
She walked through bullets and haze
Bb5
I asked her to stop
F5
I begged her to stay
Bb5
But she pressed on
F5
So I lifted my gun
C5
And I fired away
F5 A5
And the shells jumped through the smoke
Bb5
And into the sand
F5
That the blood now had soaked
Bb5 F5
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
C5
A flag white as snow
D5
A hero of war
Bb5
Is that what they see
F5
Just medals and scars
C5
So damn proud of me
D5
And I brought home that flag
Bb5
Now it gathers dust
F5
But it's a flag that I love
C5
It's the only flag I trust
F5 A5
He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
Bb5 F5
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"
