Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes

[Intro]

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[Chorus]

 C            G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
 G7      C
Number practically zero
Am               F
- But there are millions
     G          C
Who wanna be civilians.
 C            G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
 G7      C
Number practically zero
Am               F
- But there are millions
     G          C
Who wanna be civilians.


[Verse 1]

 C               G
Come and take my eldest son
 G7               C
Show him how to shoot a gun
 Am                   F
Wipe his eyes if he starts to cry
 G                C
When the bullets fly.
 C                 G
Give him a rifle, take his hoe
 G7                    C
Show him a field where he can go
   Am            F
To lay his body down and die
 G              C
Without asking why.


[Chorus]

 C            G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
 G7      C
Number practically zero
Am               F
- But there are millions
     G          C
Who wanna be civilians.
 C            G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
 G7      C
Number practically zero
Am               F
- But there are millions
     G          C
Who wanna be civilians.


[Verse 2]

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Sticks and stones can break your bones
G7              C
Even names can hurt you
Am                  F
But the thing that hurts the most
    G            C
Is when a man deserts you.
 C                    G
Don't you think it's time to weed?
     G7              C
The leaders that no longer lead
 Am             F
From the people of the land
 G                       C
Who'd like to see their sons again?


[Chorus]

 C            G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
 G7      C
Number practically zero
Am               F
- But there are millions
     G          C
Who wanna be civilians.
 C            G
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
 G7      C
Number practically zero
Am               F
- But there are millions
     G          C
Who wanna be civilians.


[Key change]

[Verse 3]

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God, if men could only see
    G#7                C
The lessons taught by history
     A#m             F#
That all the singers of this song
G#              C#
Cannot right a single wrong.
 C#           G#
Let all men - of good will
G#7                      C
Stay in the fields they have to till
A#m                   F#
Feed the mouths they have to fill
     G#              C#
And cast away their arms.


[Chorus]

C#           G#
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G#7     C#
Number practically zero
A#m              F#
-  But there are millions
    G#         C#
Who wanna be civilians.
C#           G#
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G#7     C#
Number practically zero
A#m              F#
-  But there are millions
    G#         C#
Who wanna be civilians.


[Chorus]

C#           G#
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G#7     C#
Number practically zero
A#m              F#
-  But there are millions
    G#         C#
Who wanna be civilians.
C#           G#
Soldiers who wanna be heroes
G#7     C#
Number practically zero
A#m              F#
-  But there are millions
    G#         C#
Who wanna be civilians.