Awesome song. Some of the other tabs were right, but this is a bit easier to play.
moved it lower down the fretboard, onto the higher strings. Don't think it's been done on
others?
I know I've not tabbed the guitar 2 part, but if I had, I'd have kept the intro further
the neck. This is for single guitarists, mainly. :)
Standard tuning.
Tabbed by Tucker.
Edit: Fixed everything I missed before. Sorry, I should have checked it over properly!
e|----0----0----2-----4------4------|
B|----0----2----4-----4------5------|
G|----1----2----4-----4------6------|
D|----2----2----4-----6------6------|
A|----2----0----2-----6------4------|
E|--------------------4-------------|
Intro.
e|---0---0---0---0-2---2/4-2-0-|
B|-----0---0---0---4----------4|
G|-----------------4-----------|
D|-----------------4-----------|
A|-0---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
He said...
Verse 1.
..."Son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say
If I said that you could?
Just carry this gun,
You'll even get paid.".
I said "That sounds pretty good."
Verse 2.
Black leather boots,
Spit-shined, so bright.
They cut off my hair,
But it looks alright.
We marched and we sang.
We all became friends,
As we learned how to fight.
Chorus 1.
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.
'Cause it's a flag that I love
And I flag that I trust.
Verse 3.
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,
From his family and his friends.
Verse 4.
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,
But again and again.
Chorus 1.
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.
'Cause it's a flag that I love
And I flag that I trust.
Fill (Intro).
e|---0---0---0---0-2---2/4-2-0-|
B|-----0---0---0---4----------4|
G|-----------------4-----------|
D|-----------------4-----------|
A|-0---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
She...
Verse 5.
...walked through bullets and haze.
I asked her to stop;
I begged her to stay.
But she pressed on,
So I lifted my gun
And I fired away...
Verse 6.
And the shells
Jumped through the smoke.
And into the sand,
That the blood had now soaked,
She collapsed,
With a flag in her hand.
A flag white as snow.
Chorus 2.
A hero of war!
Is that what they see?
All medals and scars?
So damn proud of me.
And I brought that flag home.
Now it gathers dust.
But it's a flag that I love.
It's the only flag I trust.
Outro.
He said "Son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say
If I said that you could?