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