[G] I didn't want to be a [Em] hero.
[G] I didn't want to go to [Em] war.
[G] I didn't want to be a [Em] man with a gun.
[C] Cos you know what guns are [D] for?
[G] I did my part for king and [Em] country.
[G] I made the rich men richer [Em] still.
[G] And all I had to do was [Em] fire that gun.
[C] You've got to kill or be [D] killed.
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[C] Ten good men in my [D] company.
[Em] All with kids and wives at [C] home.
[Am] Some were shot and some were [D] bombed-my friend.
[G] None of them will make it [C] home.
[Am] Some lost limbs, some [D] their sight.
[Em] I dream of them every [C] single night.
And [Am] I didn't [D] want to be a [G] hero.
[G] Ten good men dressed all the [Em] same.
[G] On parade for king and [Em] queen.
[G] Then in a hole up to the [Em] knees in mud.
[C] What a nightmare this has [D] been.
[G] We did our part for the [Em] government.
[G] To bring the heathens to our [Em] God.
[G] Seems they'd had a God for a [Em] thousand years.
[C] What was this killing [D] for?
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[G] So, now the oil makes bigger [Em] profits.
[G] And the bankers bonus could pay the [Em] debts.
[G] Of small countries where the [Em] kids consume.
[C] Food we wouldn't give our [D] pets.
[C] Ten kids dying every [D] moment.
[Em] One cigar could feed them [C] all.
[Am] Land mines blowing them to [D] pieces.
[G] None of them will make it [C] home.
[Am] Some lose limbs, [D] some their sight.
[Em] I dream of them every [C] single night.
And [Am] they didn't [D] want to be a [G] hero.