Chords for Somebody's Tearin' The Flag

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Somebody's tearing the flag, ripping the thread from the [E] stars.
It's pulling this country apart.
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Somebody's tearing [A] the flag. _ _ _
_ Lord, I've been thinking, _ sitting out here on the front [E] porch all by myself.
And I realize I need to talk to somebody, and I'm just [A] too mixed up to talk to anybody else.
_ I've been in there looking at the television, and I've been reading that newspaper every night.
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Lord, there's something going on out there, and best I can figure, there ain't nobody right.
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_ _ Somebody's tearing the flag, ripping the thread [E] from the stars.
_ It's pulling this country apart.
_ _ Somebody's tearing [A] the flag.
_ _ _ _ You know, I went into town to pay the light bill today and pick up [E] just a few things down at the store. _ _
Lord, the prices have gone up so much this year.
A working [A] man don't stand much of a chance no more. _
Why, he's overtaxed, he's underpaid, _ can't buy the things [E] for his kids, a decent home. _
And with the drugs and the maniacs running loose on the streets, _ it ain't [A] safe to be out alone. _ _
Somebody's tearing the flag, ripping the thread [E] from the stars.
It's pulling this country apart.
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Somebody's tearing [A] the flag. _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, I can't even tell if the bad guys are after the good guys or the good [E] guys are after the bad.
_ _ And I really got to watch what I say around my friends, because one of them's life will get mad.
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_ Lord, you know me, and I ain't give up yet.
Maybe I'm just tired and all [E] worn out. _
_ _ _ But it kind of looks like to me that this one nation under God is going [A] to need God to come straighten it out.
_ Somebody's tearing the flag, ripping the thread [E] from the stars.
It's pulling this country apart.
_ [Bm] _ [E] Somebody's burning [A] the flag.
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