[Verse] Dm Staring at the carnage Bb C Praying that the sun will never rise Bb A Dm Living another day in disguise Bb C These feelings can't be right Bb A Dm Lend me your courage to stand up and fight Bb C Bb A on tonight Dm Bb C Bb Ooooo.... A Dm Stand up and fight [Interlude] Dm Bb C C Dm Bb C Bb x2 [Verse] Dm Bb C The fighting rages on and on Dm C Bb To challenge me you must be strong C Dm Bb I walk your land but don't belong C Dm C Two million soldiers can't be wrong Bb C C Dm C Dm It's no fun but I've been here before I'm far from home and I'm fighting F your war F Bb A (Not the way I pictured this, I Bb wanted better things) C Dm C Some are scared, others killing for fun Dm F I shot a mother in front of her son F Bb (Take this from my consciousness A Bb and please erase my dreams) [Chorus] Dm Bb Fight for honor, fight for your life C F A Pray to God that our side is right Gm A Bb And though we won I still may lose, C until I make it home to you Dm Bb I see our mothers filled with tears C F A Grew up so fast, where did those years go Gm A Bb C Memories won't let you cry unless I don't return tonight [Interlude] Dm Bb C C Dm Bb C Bb x2 [Verse] C Dm C Dm So many soldiers on the other side F I take their lives so they can't take mine F Bb A (Scared to make it out alive, now Bb murder's all I know) C Dm Nobody tells me all the reasons we're C Dm here I have my weapons so there's nothing F to fear F Bb A (Another day another life but nothing Bb real to show for) [Chorus] Dm Bb Fight for honor, fight for your life C F A Pray to God that our side is right Gm A Bb And though we won I still may lose, C until I make it home to you Dm Bb I see our mothers filled with tears C F A Grew up so fast, where did those years go Gm A Bb C Memories won't let you cry unless I don't return tonight [Verse] Dm Staring at the carnage Bb C Praying that the sun will never rise Bb A Dm Living another day in disguise Bb C These feelings can't be right Bb A Dm Lend me your courage to stand up and fight [Bridge] Dm Watching the death toll rise wondering how I'm alive Bb Stranger's blood on my hands, shot all I can Dm There are no silent nights watching your brothers all die Bb To destroy all their plans with no thought of me Dm C Bb A No... thought... of me... Bb C Dm No thought of me [Solo] Dm Bb C Bb A x6 [Interlude] Dm Bb C F A Gm A Bb C C Ohhhhh..... Dm Bb C F A Gm A Bb C C Ohhhhh..... [Solo] Dm Bb C Bb A x2 Dm [Bridge] Dm Bb C Bb A x2 [Verse] Dm We'll walk the city lonely Bb C Memories that haunt are passing by Bb A Dm A murderer walks your streets tonight Bb C Forgive me for my crimes Bb A Bb Dm Don't forget that I was so young, fought so scared C# C In the name of God and Country [Outro] Dm Bb C Bb A
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[Verse]
Dm
Staring at the carnage
Bb C
Praying that the sun will never rise
Bb A Dm
Living another day in disguise
Bb C
These feelings can't be right
Bb A Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and
fight
Bb C Bb A
on tonight
Dm Bb C Bb
Ooooo....
A Dm
Stand up and fight
[Interlude]
Dm Bb C C Dm Bb C Bb x2
[Verse]
Dm Bb C
The fighting rages on and on
Dm C Bb
To challenge me you must be strong
C
Dm Bb
I walk your land but don't belong
C
Dm C
Two million soldiers can't be wrong
Bb C
C Dm C Dm
It's no fun but I've been here before
I'm far from home and I'm fighting
F
your war
F Bb A
(Not the way I pictured this, I
Bb
wanted better things)
C Dm C
Some are scared, others killing for fun
Dm
F
I shot a mother in front of her son
F Bb
(Take this from my consciousness
A Bb
and please erase my dreams)
[Chorus]
Dm Bb
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C F A
Pray to God that our side is right
Gm A Bb
And though we won I still may lose,
C
until I make it home to you
Dm Bb
I see our mothers filled with tears
C F A
Grew up so fast, where did those years
go
Gm A Bb C
Memories won't let you cry unless I
don't return tonight
[Interlude]
Dm Bb C C Dm Bb C Bb x2
[Verse]
C Dm C Dm
So many soldiers on the other side
F
I take their lives so they can't take
mine
F Bb A
(Scared to make it out alive, now
Bb
murder's all I know)
C Dm
Nobody tells me all the reasons we're
C Dm
here
I have my weapons so there's nothing
F
to fear
F Bb A
(Another day another life but nothing
Bb
real to show for)
[Chorus]
Dm Bb
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C F A
Pray to God that our side is right
Gm A Bb
And though we won I still may lose,
C
until I make it home to you
Dm Bb
I see our mothers filled with tears
C F A
Grew up so fast, where did those years
go
Gm A Bb C
Memories won't let you cry unless I
don't return tonight
[Verse]
Dm
Staring at the carnage
Bb C
Praying that the sun will never rise
Bb A Dm
Living another day in disguise
Bb C
These feelings can't be right
Bb A Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and
fight
[Bridge]
Dm
Watching the death toll rise wondering
how I'm alive
Bb
Stranger's blood on my hands, shot all
I can
Dm
There are no silent nights watching
your brothers all die
Bb
To destroy all their plans with no
thought of me
Dm C Bb A
No... thought... of me...
Bb C Dm
No thought of me
[Solo]
Dm Bb C Bb A x6
[Interlude]
Dm Bb C F A Gm A Bb C C
Ohhhhh.....
Dm Bb C F A Gm A Bb C C
Ohhhhh.....
[Solo]
Dm Bb C Bb A x2
Dm
[Bridge]
Dm Bb C Bb A x2
[Verse]
Dm
We'll walk the city lonely
Bb C
Memories that haunt are passing by
Bb A Dm
A murderer walks your streets tonight
Bb C
Forgive me for my crimes
Bb A Bb Dm
Don't forget that I was so young,
fought so scared
C# C
In the name of God and Country
[Outro]
Dm Bb C Bb A