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