Tuning: Standard
Intro:
*=let ring B
e|--------------------7-------------|
B|--------------------7---/9-7------|
G|-----9---9---9---9--8--------9-8--|
D|-------9---9---9----9-------------|
A|--0*----------------9-------------|
E|--------------------7-------------|
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 (Fill1)
I said, "That sounds pretty good."
Fill1 (Second Guitar):
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-8-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-9-9-8-9-|
D|-9-9--9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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 Fill2
As we learned how to fight
Fill2 (Second Guitar):
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-/4/6-6-6-8-8-9-9-8-9-|
D|----------------------|
A|-/2/4-4-4-6-6-7-7-7-9-|
E|----------------------|
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 the flag that I love
B
And A flag that I trust
During the Chorus the second guitar picks the chords like this:
*=Let ring
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-----------------5---------------2-1-4-4*--|
G|-----6---6-------------6---6-----------1-2-2-2-2*--| It´s played 2 times
D|---6-------6---------7-------7-------2-------------|
A|-4-----------4-----7-----------7---2---------------|
E|---------------4 5---------------0-----------------|
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 Fill3
From his family and his friends
Fill3 (Second Guitar):
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-8-11-9-9-8-8-9-9-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
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 Fill2
But again and again
Fill2 (Second Guitar):
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-/4/6-6-6-8-8-9-9-8-9-|
D|----------------------|
A|-/2/4-4-4-6-6-7-7-7-9-|
E|----------------------|
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 the flag that I love
B Fill4
And A flag that I trust
Fill4 (Just play the Intro again):
*=let ring B
e|--------------------7-------------|
B|--------------------7---/9-7------|
G|-----9---9---9---9--8--------9-8--|
D|-------9---9---9----9-------------|
A|--0*----------------9-------------|
E|--------------------7-------------|
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 Fill1 Fill5
And I fired away
Fill5 (Second Guitar):
e|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---5---4---|
B|---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---7---7---7---7---7---7---5---4---|
B|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---5---4---|
B|---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-8-11-9-9-8-8-9-9-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
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 Fill1
A flag white as snow
C#m
A hero of war
A
Is that what the 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
The Outro is picked like this (The E -chord on the end is strummed):
e|--------------------------------------------------0-|
B|--------------------------------------------------0-|
G|-----4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4----1-|
D|---6---6---6---6-------6---6---6-------7-------7--2-|
A|-7-------7---------6-----6---------7-------7------2-|
E|-----------------4---------------5-------5--------0-|
E G#m
He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
A E (Strum and let ring)
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"