B                       F#
 When you take me up to Rose Hill
B                     F#
 When you lay my body low
B                              F#
 Wrap me in a flag, throw some flowers on the ground,
B                            F#
 Say a few words then let me go


B                            F#
There's no need to defend my honor
B                      F#
 Or justify the life I gave 
B                                       F#
 There's no need for the pictures of my happy childhood there, please
B                        F#
 Don’t pour salt upon my grave


G#m                   E
 I knew long ago that I would be the one
G#m                               F#
 To brandish my sword should they beat those battle drums


B           E                   F#       
 I stood my ground, I stood for something
               B     E      F#
 Worth falling for     Yeah Yeah


B                 F#
 Ask my father to forgive me
B                      F#
 I know he didn't understand
B                       F#
 He worked too hard for way too many years
B                             F#
 To lose his boy in a foreign sand


B                F#
 No doubt, he is angry
B                             F#
 No doubt where he'll put the blame
           B
 But don't let him fall apart, Mama,
               F#
 Don't let him go back to the pills
B                         F#
 Only pride will ease his pain


G#m                  E
 I died a patriot, a soldier just like him
G#m                             F#
 Fought like he taught me to, until the very end