Hero Of War Chords

by Rise Against
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Tucker12456 [a] 84.
7 contributors total, last edit on Sep 8, 2022
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Chords

E
G#m
A
B
C#m

Strumming

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[Intro]
 
e|---0---0---0---0-|-------2/4-2-0---|
B|-----0---0---0---|-4-------------4-|
G|-----------------|-4---------------|
D|-----------------|-4---------------|
A|-0---------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
                                   He said...
 
[Verse 1]
    E                      G#m
..."Son, have you seen the world?
                     A
Well, what would you say
                   E
If I said that you could?
                A
Just carry this gun,
                E
You'll even get paid.".
                           B
I said "That sounds pretty good."
 
[Verse 2]
              E
Black leather boots,
                G#m
Spit-shined, so bright.
                A
They cut off my hair,
               E
But it looks alright.
                  A
We marched and we sang.
              E
We all became friends,
                     B
As we learned how to fight.
 
[Chorus 1]
          C#m
A hero of war!
                       A
Yeah, that's what I'll be.
                E
And when I come home,
                         B
They'll be damn proud of me.
                C#m
I'll carry this flag;
                    A
To the  grave, if I must.
                          E
'Cause it's a flag that I love
                   B
And it's flag that  I trust.
 
[Verse 3]
                E
I kicked in the door,
            G#m
I yelled my commands.
                   A
The children, they cried,
             E
But I got my man.
            A
We took him away,
               E
A bag over his face,
                        B
From his family and his friends.
 
[Verse 4]
                  E
They took off his clothes,
                   G#m
They pissed in his hands.
               A
I told them to stop,
                   E
But then, I joined in.
                 A
We beat him with guns
                     E
And batons, not just once,
               B
But again and again.
 
[Chorus 1]
          C#m
A hero of war!
                       A
Yeah, that's what I'll be.
                E
And when I come home,
                         B
They'll be damn proud of me.
                C#m
I'll carry this flag;
                    A
To the  grave, if I must.
                          E
'Cause it's a flag that I love
                   B
And I flag that  I trust.
 
[Fill]
 
e|---0---0---0---0-|-------2/4-2-0---|
B|-----0---0---0---|-4-------------4-|
G|-----------------|-4---------------|
D|-----------------|-4---------------|
A|-0---------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
                                   She...
 
[Verse 5]
   E                          G#m
...walked through bullets and haze.
               A
I asked her to stop;
                E
I begged her to stay.
                A
But she pressed on,
               E
So I lifted my gun
            B
And I fired away...
 
[Verse 6]
        E
And the shells
                   G#m
Jumped through the smoke.
             A
And into the sand,
                       E
That the blood now had soaked,
        A
She collapsed,
                   E
With a flag in her hand.
                B
A flag white as snow.
 
[Chorus 2]
          C#m
A hero of war!
                  A
Is that what they see?
               E
Just medals and scars?
                 B
So damn proud of me.
                        C#m
And I brought home that flag.
               A
Now it gathers dust.
                       E
But it's a flag that I love.
                     B
It's the only flag I trust.
 
[Outro]
         E                      G#m
He said "Son, have you seen the world?
                     A
Well, what would you say
                   E
If I said that you could?"
 
 
[2nd Guitar Part for Chorus]
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------4---------|-----2-4-5---4---|
G|-----6---6-------|---2-------------|
D|---6-------6-----|-----------------|
A|-4---------------|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------0---------|-----------------|
G|-----1---2---1---|-----------------|
D|---2-------------|-4-------2---1---|
A|-2---------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------4---------|-----2-4-5---4---|
G|-----6---6-------|---2-------------|
D|---6-------6-----|-----------------|
A|-4---------------|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
 
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------0---------|-----------------|
G|-----1---2---1---|-----------------|
D|---2-------------|-4---------------|
A|-2---------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
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55 comments
Deathdemon363
Thanks alot! This tab really helped me out especially since im noobie at guitar. Once again than you Tucker BIG help. -Greg
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RobeK
For those with a capo available a hint is to transpose down 4 half steps and smack on the capo at third. It effectivly makes this song simple C, F, G, Em and Am chords. (now if i just could put a capo on my voice several octaves up I might even be able to sing this without the neighbours calling the cops)
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Litago50
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