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