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