Artist: Rise Against
Song: Hero Of War
Album: Appeal To Reason
Tabbed by: Sy89
[10-09-2008: Added the correct Outro]
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-------------|
He said, "Son,
Have you see the world?
Well, what would you say
If I said that you could?
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|---------------------------------------|
Black leather boots
Spit-shined so bright
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
We marched and we sang
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|----------------------|
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
Because it’s the flag that I love
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-----------------|
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
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|--------------------------------|
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
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|----------------------|
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
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-------------|
She walked through bullets and haze
I asked her to stop
I begged her to stay
But she pressed on
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|--------------------------------|
The shells jumped through the smoke
And into the sand
That the blood now had soaked
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
B Fill1
A flag white as snow
A hero of war
Is that what the see
Just medals and scars
So damn proud of me
And I brought home that flag
Now it gathers dust
But it’s a flag that I love
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-|
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?"
If you have any corrections, please email me: Sy[at]Ja-Mann.de
Enjoy ;-)