Standard (EADGBE)

Intro.

He said...

Verse 1.

..."Son, have you seen the world?

Well, what would you say

If I said that you could?

Just carry this gun,

You'll even get paid.".

I said "That sounds pretty good."

Verse 2.

Black leather boots,

Spit-shined, so bright.

They cut off my hair,

But it looks alright.

We marched and we sang.

We all became friends,

As we learned how to fight.

Chorus 1.

A hero of war!

Yeah, that's what I'll be.

And when I come home,

They'll be damn proud of me.

I'll carry this flag;

To the grave, if I must.

'Cause it's a flag that I love

And I flag that I trust.

Verse 3.

I kicked in the door,

I yelled my commands.

The children, they cried,

But I got my man.

We took him away,

A bag over his face,

From his family and his friends.

Verse 4.

They took off his clothes,

They pissed in his hands.

I told them to stop,

But then, I joined in.

We beat him with guns

And batons, not just once,

But again and again.

Chorus 1.

A hero of war!

Yeah, that's what I'll be.

And when I come home,

They'll be damn proud of me.

I'll carry this flag;

To the grave, if I must.

'Cause it's a flag that I love

And I flag that I trust.

Fill (Intro).

She...

Verse 5.

...walked through bullets and haze.

I asked her to stop;

I begged her to stay.

But she pressed on,

So I lifted my gun

And I fired away...

Verse 6.

And the shells

Jumped through the smoke.

And into the sand,

That the blood had now soaked,

She collapsed,

With a flag in her hand.

A flag white as snow.

Chorus 2.

A hero of war!

Is that what they see?

All medals and scars?

So damn proud of me.

And I brought that flag home.

Now it gathers dust.

But it's a flag that I love.

It's the only flag I trust.

Outro.

He said "Son, have you seen the world?

Well, what would you say

If I said that you could?