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