Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes

(C)Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.
Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.

Come and take my (G)eldest son.
Show him how to (C)shoot a gun.
(Am)Wipe his eyes if he (F)starts to cry
(G)When the bullets (C)fly.
Give him a rifle. (G)Take his hoe.
(Am)Show him a field where (C)he can go
To lay his body (F)down and die
(G)Without asking (C)why.

(C)Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.
Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.

Sticks and stones can (G)break your bones.
Even names can (C)hurt you,
(Am)But the thing that (F)hurts the most
Is (G)when a man de(C)serts you.
Don't you think its (G)time to weed
The leaders that no (C)longer lead
(Am)From the people (F)of the land
Who'd (G)like to see their (C)sons again? 

(C)Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.
Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.

(C#)God, if men could (G#)only see
The lessons taught by (C#)history,
(Am#)That all the singers (F#)of this song
(G#)Cannot right a (C#)single wrong!
Let all men (G#)of good will
Stay in the fields they (C#)have to till,
(Am#)Feed the mouths they (F#)have to fill,
(G#)And cast away their (C#)arms. 

Soldiers who (G#)want to be heroes
Number practically (C#)zero,
(Am#)But there are (F#)millions
Who (G#)want to be ci(C#)vilians.
(C#)Soldiers who (G#)want to be heroes
Number practically (C#)zero,
(Am#)But there are (F#)millions
Who (G#)want to be ci(C#)vilians.