Metallica - Disposable Heroes: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Disposable Heroes" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Disposable Heroes Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Metallica

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Disposable Heroes" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Em                              G            F#
Bodies fill the fields I see, hungry heroes end
Em                           G            B
No one to play soldier now, no one to pretend
Em                                      G               B
Running blind through killing fields, bred to kill them all
Em
Victim of what said should be, a servant 'til I fall

C#                                        B
Soldier boy, made of clay, now an empty shell
Twenty-one, only son, but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care, do just as we say
Finished here, greeting death, he's yours to take away

Chorus:
Em               G
Back to the front
          C F#      B F        G
You will do what I say when I say
Em               G
Back to the front
          C F#       B F          G
You will die when I say you must die
Em                G
Back to the front
       C  F#        B    F          G Em
You coward, you servant, you blind man

Barking of machine-gun fire does nothing to me now
Sounding of the clock that ticks, get used to it somehow
More a man, more stripes you wear, glory seeker trends
Bodies fill the fields I see, the slaughter never ends

Soldier boy, made of clay, now an empty shell
Twenty-one, only son, but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care, do just as we say
Finished here, greeting death, he's yours to take away

Chorus:
Back to the front
You will do what I say when I say
Back to the front
You will die when I say you must die
Back to the front
You coward, you servant, you blind man

Em
Why am I dying?
Kill, have no fear
Lie, live off lying
Hell, hell is here

Why am I dying?
Kill, have no fear
Lie, live off lying
Hell, hell is here
                    G
I was born for dying

Life planned out before my birth, nothing could I say
Had no chance to see myself, molded day by day
Looking back I realize, nothing have I done
Left to die with only friend, alone, I clench my gun

Soldier boy, made of clay, now an empty shell
Twenty-one, only son, but he served us well
Bred to kill, not to care, do just as we say
Finished here, greeting death, he's yours to take away

Chorus:
Back to the front
You will do what I say when I say
Back to the front
You will die when I say you must die
Back to the front
You coward, you servant, you blind man
Back to the front

Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front
Back to the front


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Disposable Heroes" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Disposable Heroes" by Metallica.