"Hero of War" by Rise Against (Chord Chart)

Song Info

  • Key: E major
  • Chord Family: E
  • Skills: Basic Strumming, Barre Chords, Riff Playing, Open Chords

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VERSE 1
    E                      G#m
..."Son, have you seen the world?
                     A                      E
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
                A                     E
Just carry this gun, You'll even get paid."
                           B
I said "That sounds pretty good."


VERSE 2
              E                      G#m
Black leather boots, spit-shined, so bright.
                A                    E
They cut off my hair, but it looks alright.
                  A                   E
We marched and we sang. We all became friends,
                     B	
As we learned how to fight.


CHORUS
          C#m                         A
A hero of war! Yeah, that's what I'll be.
                E                              B
And when I come home they'll be damn proud of me.
               C#m                      A	
I'll carry this flag to the grave, if I must.
                          E                      B
'Cause it's a flag that I love and I flag that I trust.




VERSE 3
                E                 G#m	
I kicked in the door, I yelled my commands.
                   A                    E
The children, they cried, but I got my man.
            A                     E	
We took him away, A bag over his face,
                         B	
From his family and his friends.


VERSE 4
                  E                          G#m
They took off his clothes, They spit in his hands.
              A                         E	
I told them to stop, but then, I joined in.
                A                          E
We beat him with guns and batons, not just once,
              B	
But again and again.


CHORUS
    
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VERSE 5
    E                          G#m
She…walked through bullets and haze.
               A                     E
I asked her to stop; I begged her to stay.
               A                   E	
But she pressed on, so I lifted my gun
           B	
And I fired away...



VERSE 6
        E                         G#m
And the shells jumped through the smoke.
            A                             E	
And into the sand, that the blood had now soaked,
        A                         E	
She collapsed, with a flag in her hand.
                B	
A flag white as snow.


CHORUS

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?
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