Chords for Johnny Cash - Ragged Old Flag (Official Audio)
Tempo:
118.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
G#
E
C#
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.
[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]
Key:
A
G#
E
C#
G
A
G#
E
[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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