Verse E B G#m F#
That's just what they told me, "You could be a patriot"
E B G#m F#
"Don’t you love your country? Don't you wanna die for it?"
E B G#m F#
How could they enlist me? I was only 17
E B G#m F#
It's better to be thankful than challenge their authority
[Chorus]
E B
This is how the world is
G#m F#
This is how they suck you in
E B
Manipulate the broken
G#m F#
To suffer every consequence
E B
They gave me a machine gun
G#m F#
But I don’t wanna hurt no one
E B
There's nothing here to fight for
G#m F#
This is someone else's war
[Verse 2]
E B G#m F#
That's just what they told me, "Son, you could be a patriot"
E B G#m F#
Defеnder of your country, protector of the innocеnt
E B G#m F#
We'll beat 'em with a clenched fist by order of your government
E B G#m F#
They said we were the good guys, but what if we're the terrorists?
[Chorus]
E B
This is how the world is
G#m F#
This is how they suck you in
E B
Manipulate the broken
G#m F#
To suffer every consequence
E B
They gave me a machine gun
G#m F#
But I don’t wanna hurt no one
E B
There's nothing here to fight for
G#m F#
This is someone else's war
[Instrumental Bridge]
E B G#m F#
[Chorus]
E B
This is how the world is
G#m F#
This is how they suck you in
E B
Manipulate the broken
G#m F#
To suffer every consequence
E B
I'm only a statistic
G#m F#
And no one even gives a shit
E B
The treatment for my shell shock (Yeah, yeah)
G#m F#
Yeah, they won’t even pay for it
E B
I fired that machine gun
G#m F#
I never meant to hurt no one
E B
And as my friends and foes bleed
G#m F#
We satisfy a rich man's greed
[Outro]
E B
Maybe I don't know a damn thing
G#m F#
I've never been through anything
E B
This is all I can be
G#m F#
B voice for someone else’s grief
E
He fired that machine gun
N.C.
She never meant to hurt no one
N.C.
'Cause once you leave a headstone
N.C.
You never really make it home