Super Bowl 2017 | Johnny Cash "Ragged Old Flag" Chords
Tempo:
120.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
F#
D#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I walked through a county courthouse square [A] on a [E] park bench and an old man was sitting
there.
I said, your old [F#] courthouse is kind of run [B] down.
He said, no, it'll do [G#m] for our
little town.
[E] I said, [C#m] your old flagpole is leaning a little bit [F#m] and that's a ragged old
flag you got hanging on it.
[Am] He said, have a seat.
[E] And I said, now, is this the first
time you've been to our little [G#m] town?
[B] I said, I think it [C#m] is.
He said, [G#m] I don't like [F#m] to brag,
but we're kind of [B] proud of that ragged old [E] flag.
You see, we got a little hole in [A] that
flag there when [E] Washington took it across the Delaware [E] and it got powder burned [C#m] the
night that Francis Scott Key said, Washington's right and say, can you [D#] see?
[N]
And it got a bad
rip in New Orleans, [F#]
[E] Packingham and Jackson [A#m] tugging at it's seams [D#] and it almost fell at
the [D] Alamo beside the Texas flag, but she [A] waved on them.
[D#]
She got cut with a sword at Chancellor's
[C#] Hill.
She got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
[D#] There was Robert E.
[F] Lee, Beauregard and Bragg [G#] and
the south wind blew hard on that [D#] ragged old flag.
[C#]
On Flanders Field [F#m] in World War I, [F#] she
got a big [Gm] hole from a [G#] berth of gun.
[D#] She turned blood red in World War [F#] II.
She hung limp and
low a [G#] time or two.
[F] She was in Korea, [A] Vietnam.
[F#]
She went [G] where she was sent by her [G#] Uncle Sam.
[C#] She waves from [D#m] our ships upon [G#] the briny foam [G] and now they've about [F#] quit waving back here
at home.
[F] In her own [D] good land here, [D] she's been abused.
[G] She's been burned, dishonored,
denied and refused.
And the government for which she stands is scandalized throughout
the land.
And she's getting threadbare, she's wearing thin, [G] but she's in good shape for
the ship she's in.
[D#]
[D] Because she's been through the fire before [Em]
and I believe she can [B] take
a whole lot [D] more.
[F#] So we raise her up every morning, we [D] take her down every night, we
don't let her [F#m] touch the ground and we fold [G] her up right.
[Bm] On second thought, [Gm] I do like
to [D] brag, because I'm [G] mighty proud of [F#m] that ragged [Bm] old flag.
[G] [Em]
[A] [D]
there.
I said, your old [F#] courthouse is kind of run [B] down.
He said, no, it'll do [G#m] for our
little town.
[E] I said, [C#m] your old flagpole is leaning a little bit [F#m] and that's a ragged old
flag you got hanging on it.
[Am] He said, have a seat.
[E] And I said, now, is this the first
time you've been to our little [G#m] town?
[B] I said, I think it [C#m] is.
He said, [G#m] I don't like [F#m] to brag,
but we're kind of [B] proud of that ragged old [E] flag.
You see, we got a little hole in [A] that
flag there when [E] Washington took it across the Delaware [E] and it got powder burned [C#m] the
night that Francis Scott Key said, Washington's right and say, can you [D#] see?
[N]
And it got a bad
rip in New Orleans, [F#]
[E] Packingham and Jackson [A#m] tugging at it's seams [D#] and it almost fell at
the [D] Alamo beside the Texas flag, but she [A] waved on them.
[D#]
She got cut with a sword at Chancellor's
[C#] Hill.
She got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
[D#] There was Robert E.
[F] Lee, Beauregard and Bragg [G#] and
the south wind blew hard on that [D#] ragged old flag.
[C#]
On Flanders Field [F#m] in World War I, [F#] she
got a big [Gm] hole from a [G#] berth of gun.
[D#] She turned blood red in World War [F#] II.
She hung limp and
low a [G#] time or two.
[F] She was in Korea, [A] Vietnam.
[F#]
She went [G] where she was sent by her [G#] Uncle Sam.
[C#] She waves from [D#m] our ships upon [G#] the briny foam [G] and now they've about [F#] quit waving back here
at home.
[F] In her own [D] good land here, [D] she's been abused.
[G] She's been burned, dishonored,
denied and refused.
And the government for which she stands is scandalized throughout
the land.
And she's getting threadbare, she's wearing thin, [G] but she's in good shape for
the ship she's in.
[D#]
[D] Because she's been through the fire before [Em]
and I believe she can [B] take
a whole lot [D] more.
[F#] So we raise her up every morning, we [D] take her down every night, we
don't let her [F#m] touch the ground and we fold [G] her up right.
[Bm] On second thought, [Gm] I do like
to [D] brag, because I'm [G] mighty proud of [F#m] that ragged [Bm] old flag.
[G] [Em]
[A] [D]
Key:
D
E
F#
D#
G
D
E
F#
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I walked through a county courthouse square [A] on a [E] park bench and an old man was sitting
there.
_ I said, your old [F#] courthouse is kind of run [B] down.
He said, no, it'll do [G#m] for our
little town.
_ [E] _ I said, [C#m] your old flagpole is leaning a little bit [F#m] and that's a ragged old
flag you got hanging on it.
_ [Am] He said, have a seat.
[E] And I said, now, _ is this the first
time you've been to our little [G#m] town? _
[B] I said, I think it [C#m] is.
He said, [G#m] I don't like [F#m] to brag,
but we're kind of [B] proud of that ragged old [E] flag.
_ _ _ _ You see, we got a little hole in [A] that
flag there when [E] Washington took it across the Delaware _ _ [E] and it got powder burned [C#m] the
night that Francis Scott Key _ said, Washington's right and say, can you [D#] see?
_ _ _ [N]
And it got a bad
rip in New Orleans, _ [F#] _
_ [E] Packingham and Jackson [A#m] tugging at it's seams _ [D#] and it almost fell at
the [D] Alamo beside the Texas flag, but she [A] waved on them. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
She got cut with a sword at Chancellor's
[C#] Hill.
She got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
_ [D#] There was Robert E.
[F] Lee, Beauregard and Bragg [G#] and
the south wind blew hard on that [D#] ragged old flag.
[C#] _ _ _
_ On Flanders Field [F#m] in World War I, [F#] she
got a big [Gm] hole from a [G#] berth of gun. _
[D#] She turned blood red in World War [F#] II.
She hung limp and
low a [G#] time or two. _ _
_ _ [F] She was in Korea, [A] Vietnam.
[F#] _
She went [G] where she was sent by her [G#] Uncle Sam. _
[C#] She waves from [D#m] our ships upon [G#] the briny foam [G] and now they've about [F#] quit waving back here
at home. _
[F] _ In her own [D] good land here, [D] she's been abused.
[G] She's been burned, dishonored,
denied and refused.
And the government for which she stands is scandalized throughout
the land.
And she's getting threadbare, she's wearing thin, [G] but she's in good shape for
the ship she's in.
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[D] Because she's been through the fire before [Em] _
and I believe she can [B] take
a whole lot [D] more. _
[F#] So we raise her up every morning, we [D] take her down every night, we
don't let her [F#m] touch the ground and we fold [G] her up right. _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] On second thought, [Gm] I do like
to [D] brag, because I'm [G] mighty proud of [F#m] that ragged [Bm] old flag. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I walked through a county courthouse square [A] on a [E] park bench and an old man was sitting
there.
_ I said, your old [F#] courthouse is kind of run [B] down.
He said, no, it'll do [G#m] for our
little town.
_ [E] _ I said, [C#m] your old flagpole is leaning a little bit [F#m] and that's a ragged old
flag you got hanging on it.
_ [Am] He said, have a seat.
[E] And I said, now, _ is this the first
time you've been to our little [G#m] town? _
[B] I said, I think it [C#m] is.
He said, [G#m] I don't like [F#m] to brag,
but we're kind of [B] proud of that ragged old [E] flag.
_ _ _ _ You see, we got a little hole in [A] that
flag there when [E] Washington took it across the Delaware _ _ [E] and it got powder burned [C#m] the
night that Francis Scott Key _ said, Washington's right and say, can you [D#] see?
_ _ _ [N]
And it got a bad
rip in New Orleans, _ [F#] _
_ [E] Packingham and Jackson [A#m] tugging at it's seams _ [D#] and it almost fell at
the [D] Alamo beside the Texas flag, but she [A] waved on them. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
She got cut with a sword at Chancellor's
[C#] Hill.
She got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
_ [D#] There was Robert E.
[F] Lee, Beauregard and Bragg [G#] and
the south wind blew hard on that [D#] ragged old flag.
[C#] _ _ _
_ On Flanders Field [F#m] in World War I, [F#] she
got a big [Gm] hole from a [G#] berth of gun. _
[D#] She turned blood red in World War [F#] II.
She hung limp and
low a [G#] time or two. _ _
_ _ [F] She was in Korea, [A] Vietnam.
[F#] _
She went [G] where she was sent by her [G#] Uncle Sam. _
[C#] She waves from [D#m] our ships upon [G#] the briny foam [G] and now they've about [F#] quit waving back here
at home. _
[F] _ In her own [D] good land here, [D] she's been abused.
[G] She's been burned, dishonored,
denied and refused.
And the government for which she stands is scandalized throughout
the land.
And she's getting threadbare, she's wearing thin, [G] but she's in good shape for
the ship she's in.
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[D] Because she's been through the fire before [Em] _
and I believe she can [B] take
a whole lot [D] more. _
[F#] So we raise her up every morning, we [D] take her down every night, we
don't let her [F#m] touch the ground and we fold [G] her up right. _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] On second thought, [Gm] I do like
to [D] brag, because I'm [G] mighty proud of [F#m] that ragged [Bm] old flag. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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