Chords for Johnny Cash - Ragged Old Flag
Tempo:
118.7 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
G
B
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I walked through a county courthouse square [A]
on a [E] park bench and an old man was sitting there.
said, your old courthouse is kind of run [B] down.
for our little [E] town.
is leaned a little [Gbm] bit and that's [Ab] a ragged old flag you got [Dbm] hanging on it.
Is this the first time you've been to our little [Abm] town?
[B] I said, I [Dbm] think it is.
[Gbm] brag, [Gbm] but we're kind of proud [B] of that ragged [E] old flag.
on a [E] park bench and an old man was sitting there.
said, your old courthouse is kind of run [B] down.
for our little [E] town.
is leaned a little [Gbm] bit and that's [Ab] a ragged old flag you got [Dbm] hanging on it.
Is this the first time you've been to our little [Abm] town?
[B] I said, I [Dbm] think it is.
[Gbm] brag, [Gbm] but we're kind of proud [B] of that ragged [E] old flag.
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I walked through a county courthouse square _ [A]
on a [E] park bench and an old man was sitting there.
_ [A] I said, your old courthouse is kind of run [B] down.
He said, [Abm] no, it'll do for our little [E] town.
_ I said, [A] your old flagpole is leaned a little [Gbm] bit and that's [Ab] a ragged old flag you got [Dbm] hanging on it.
_ [Am] He said, have a seat.
[E] And I sat down.
_ Is this the first time you've been to our little [Abm] town?
[B] I said, I [Dbm] think it is.
He [A] said, [Db] I don't like to [Gbm] brag, [Gbm] but we're kind of proud [B] of that ragged [E] old flag.
_ _ _ _ You see, we got a little hole in that [A] flag there [E] when Washington took it [Bm] across the Delaware.
_ _ _ [E] And it got powder burned the night that Francis Scott Key _ said, watching it write in Say Can You See?
[Abm] _ _ _
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans _ [D]
[E] with Packingham and Jackson tugging at its [Bm] seams. _
And it [Abm] almost fell [Db] at the Alamo [Eb] beside the [D] Texas flag, but she [B] waved on, though.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ She got cut with a sword at [Db] Chancellorsville and she got [Bb] cut again at Shiloh Hill. _
[Eb] There was Robert E.
Lee, [Db] Beauregard and Bragg, [Eb]
[Ab] and the south wind blew hard on that ragged old flag.
[Db] _ _ _ _ On Flanders Field in World War I, [G] she got a big hole from a bertha [Ab] gun.
_ She [Bb] turned blood red in World [Gb] War II.
She hung limp and low [Ab] a time or two.
She _ _ [Gb] was [F] in Korea, [Gb] Vietnam.
She [G] went where she was sent by her Uncle [Ab] Sam.
_ She [Ebm] waved from our ships upon [Bb] the briny [G] foam and now they've [D] about quit [C] waving back here [G] at home.
_ _ In her own [Dm] good land here, [A] she's been abused.
She's been burned, dishonored, denied, refused.
_ And the government for which she stands [B] is scandalized [A] throughout the land.
And she's getting threadbare and she's wearing thin, but she's in good shape for the shape she's in.
Because [D] she's been through the fire before [Gb] _ [B] and I believe she can take a whole lot more.
_ So we raise her up every morning, we take her down every night, [Gbm] we don't let her touch the ground and we fold [G] her upright.
On _ _ _ _
[Bm] second thought, [Gm] I do like to [D] brag, cause [G] I'm mighty proud of that [Gbm] ragged [Bm] old flag.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
on a [E] park bench and an old man was sitting there.
_ [A] I said, your old courthouse is kind of run [B] down.
He said, [Abm] no, it'll do for our little [E] town.
_ I said, [A] your old flagpole is leaned a little [Gbm] bit and that's [Ab] a ragged old flag you got [Dbm] hanging on it.
_ [Am] He said, have a seat.
[E] And I sat down.
_ Is this the first time you've been to our little [Abm] town?
[B] I said, I [Dbm] think it is.
He [A] said, [Db] I don't like to [Gbm] brag, [Gbm] but we're kind of proud [B] of that ragged [E] old flag.
_ _ _ _ You see, we got a little hole in that [A] flag there [E] when Washington took it [Bm] across the Delaware.
_ _ _ [E] And it got powder burned the night that Francis Scott Key _ said, watching it write in Say Can You See?
[Abm] _ _ _
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans _ [D]
[E] with Packingham and Jackson tugging at its [Bm] seams. _
And it [Abm] almost fell [Db] at the Alamo [Eb] beside the [D] Texas flag, but she [B] waved on, though.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ She got cut with a sword at [Db] Chancellorsville and she got [Bb] cut again at Shiloh Hill. _
[Eb] There was Robert E.
Lee, [Db] Beauregard and Bragg, [Eb]
[Ab] and the south wind blew hard on that ragged old flag.
[Db] _ _ _ _ On Flanders Field in World War I, [G] she got a big hole from a bertha [Ab] gun.
_ She [Bb] turned blood red in World [Gb] War II.
She hung limp and low [Ab] a time or two.
She _ _ [Gb] was [F] in Korea, [Gb] Vietnam.
She [G] went where she was sent by her Uncle [Ab] Sam.
_ She [Ebm] waved from our ships upon [Bb] the briny [G] foam and now they've [D] about quit [C] waving back here [G] at home.
_ _ In her own [Dm] good land here, [A] she's been abused.
She's been burned, dishonored, denied, refused.
_ And the government for which she stands [B] is scandalized [A] throughout the land.
And she's getting threadbare and she's wearing thin, but she's in good shape for the shape she's in.
Because [D] she's been through the fire before [Gb] _ [B] and I believe she can take a whole lot more.
_ So we raise her up every morning, we take her down every night, [Gbm] we don't let her touch the ground and we fold [G] her upright.
On _ _ _ _
[Bm] second thought, [Gm] I do like to [D] brag, cause [G] I'm mighty proud of that [Gbm] ragged [Bm] old flag.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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