Dm xx0231
Gm 355333
C x32010
A# 113331
F 133211
Fm 133111
Dm
Staring at the carnage
Gm C
Praying that the sun would never rise
A# Dm
Living another day in disguise
Gm C
These feelings can't be right
A# Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight
Gm C A#
On tonight
Dm Gm C A#
Ooooo....
Dm
Stand up and fight
Dm A#
The fighting rages on and on
Gm C
To challenge me you must be strong
Dm A#
I walk your land but don't belong
Gm C
Two million soldiers can't be wrong
Dm A#
It's no fun but I've been here before
F
I'm far from home and I'm fighting your war
A#
(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)
Dm A#
Some are scared, others killing for fun
F
I shot a mother right in front of her son
A#
(Take this from my consciousness, and please erase my dreams)
Dm A#
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C F
Pray to God that our side is right
Gm Dm
And though we won, I still may lose
Gm C
Until I make it home to you
Dm A#
I see our mothers filled with tears
C F
Grew up so fast where did those years go?
Gm Dm
Memories won't let you cry
Gm C
Unless I don't return tonight
Dm A#
So many soldiers on the other side
F
I take their lives so they can't take mine
A#
(Scared to make it out alive, now murder's all I know)
Dm A#
Nobody tells me all the reasons we're here
F
I have my weapon so there's nothing to fear
A#
(Another day, another life, but nothing real to show for)
Dm A#
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C F
Pray to God that our side is right
Gm Dm
And though we won, I still may lose
Gm C
Until I make it home to you
Dm A#
I see our mothers filled with tears
C F
Grew up so fast where did those years go?
Gm Dm
Memories won't let you cry
Gm C
Unless I don't return tonight
Dm
Staring at the carnage
Gm C
Praying that the sun would never rise
A# Dm
Living another day in disguise
Gm C
These feelings can't be right
A# Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight
Dm C Dm
Watching the death toll rise, wondering how I'm alive
Gm A#
Strangers' blood on my hands, I've shot all I can
Dm C Dm
There are no silent nights, watching your brothers all die
Gm A#
To destroy all their plans with no thought of me
Dm C F C Dm
No thought of me, no thought of me
Dm A# C F Gm Dm C
Ohhhhh.....
Dm
Walk the city lonely
Gm C
Memories that haunt are passing by
A# Dm
A murderer walks your street tonight
Gm C
Forgive me for my crimes
A# Gm Dm
Don't forget that I was so young
Fm C Dm
Fought so scared in the name of God and country
