Тональность

 
E
He said, “Son,
           G#m
Have you see the world?
              A 
Well, what would you say
              E
If I said that you could?
           A                E
Just carry this gun and you’ll even get paid.”
                   B
I said, “That sounds pretty good.”
 
         E
Black leather boots
          G#m
Spit-shined so bright 
            A            E
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
            A
We marched and we sang
          E
We all became friends
         B
As we learned how to fight

       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 
Because it’s flag that I love
              B
And a flag that I trust

           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
              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

       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 
Because it’s flag that I love
              B
And a flag that I trust

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

       C#m
A hero of war 
            A
Is that what they see
            E
Just medals and scars
           B
So damn proud of me
                
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
E                       G#m
He said, “Son, have you seen the world?
               A                E
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"