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