Dm
Staring at the carnage
Gm                               C
Praying that the sun would never rise
        Bb               Dm
Living another day in disguise
       Gm               C
These feelings can't be right
             Bb                      Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight
Gm   C           Bb
On tonight
 
Dm Gm C Bb
Ooooo....
             Dm
Stand up and fight
 
Dm                        Bb
The fighting rages on and on
Gm                          C
To challenge me you must be strong
Dm                         Bb
I walk your land but don't belong
Gm                            C
Two million soldiers can't be wrong
 
Dm                              Bb
It's no fun but I've been here before
                                        F
I'm far from home and I'm fighting your war
                                Bb
(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)
Dm                                  Bb
Some are scared, others killing for fun
                                      F
I shot a mother right in front of her son
                                      Bb
(Take this from my consciousness, and please erase my dreams)
 
Dm               Bb
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C                F
Pray to God that our side is right
    Gm               Dm
And though we won, I still may lose
Gm              C
Until I make it home to you
Dm                Bb
I see our mothers filled with tears
C                     F
Grew up so fast where did those years go?
Gm            Dm
Memories won't let you cry 
Gm               C
Unless I don't return tonight
 
Dm                            Bb
So many soldiers on the other side
                                      F
I take their lives so they can't take mine
                                  Bb
(Scared to make it out alive, now murder's all I know)
Dm                                    Bb
Nobody tells me all the reasons we're here
                                        F
I have my weapon so there's nothing to fear
                                Bb
(Another day, another life, but nothing real to show for)
 
Dm               Bb
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C                F
Pray to God that our side is right
    Gm               Dm
And though we won, I still may lose
Gm              C
Until I make it home to you
Dm                Bb
I see our mothers filled with tears
C                     F
Grew up so fast where did those years go?
Gm            Dm
Memories won't let you cry 
Gm               C
Unless I don't return tonight
 
Dm
Staring at the carnage
Gm                               C
Praying that the sun would never rise
       Bb             Dm
Living another day in disguise
      Gm                C
These feelings can't be right
             Bb                      Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight
 
Dm                            C                 Dm
Watching the death toll rise, wondering how I'm alive
           Gm                      Bb
Strangers' blood on my hands, I've shot all I can
Dm                          C                          Dm
There are no silent nights, watching your brothers all die
       Gm                       Bb
To destroy all their plans with no thought of me
Dm C          F   C            Dm
No thought of me, no thought of me
 
Dm Bb C F Gm Dm C
Ohhhhh.....
 
Dm
Walk the city lonely
Gm                              C
Memories that haunt are passing by
           Bb                  Dm
A murderer walks your street tonight
   Gm             C
Forgive me for my crimes
Bb                  Gm     Dm
Don't forget that I was so young
                        Fm              C                 Dm
Fought so scared in the name of God and country