Lirik dan Chord Lagu Hero of War - Rise Against

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup band rock asal Amerika Serikat, Rise Against merilis lagu berjudul “Hero of War” pada tahun 2008.

Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio kelima mereka yang bertajuk Appeal to Reason.

Album yang dirilis melalui label Interscope Records tersebut berhasil menduduki posisi ketiga di US Billboard 200.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Hero of War” dari Rise Against.

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

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

[Chorus 1]
                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
'Cause it's a flag that I love
                            B
And it's flag that I trust.

[Verse 3]
                        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.

[Verse 4]
                              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.

[Ulangi Chorus 1]

[Verse 5]
     E                                          G#m
...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...

[Verse 6]
                E
And the shells
                                  G#m
Jumped through the smoke.
                       A
And into the sand,
                                        E
That the blood now had soaked,
            A
She collapsed,
                              E
With a flag in her hand.
                          B
A flag white as snow.

[Chorus 2]
                 C#m
A hero of war!
                             A
Is that what they 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.

[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?"