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Barenaked Ladies

The Flag

Gordon (1992 Sire Warner Bros.)
The Flag

! Haunting melody.

! The picking pattern I use for a chord is the following and can be use for
! all the other chords with variations when considering 5 and 6 string chords:
! [4-3-1-3-2] picked through twice where each chord is indicated.

! or ? It's your call.

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> Dm
The phone rings, it early, it's
> C
seven o'clock, he says
> F
sorry I woke you but I
> C
just had to talk.
> Dm
You know last night, remember when
> C
I tried to choke you? I didn't
> F
mean it, I was drunk, it was
> C
only a joke.
> F C
You should know that by now,
> Am Gm
when the chequered flag comes down,
> Em add7 Dm
no one, no one, no one has won the race.

> Dm
The next night he's over and
> C
over and under and
> F
after he's finished, she
> C
lies there and wonders just
> Dm
why does she need him, and
> C
why does she stay here, and
> F
then in the darkness, she'll
> C
quietly say Dear, you've
> F C
never really known
> Am Gm
that when the white flag is flown,
> Em Dm
no one, no one, no one has won the war.

> Dm
They're complicated people leading
> C
complicated lives, and he
> F
complicates their problems by telling
> C
complicated lies
> Dm
He tells her he's sorry, she
> C
tells him it's over he
> F
tells her he's sorry she
> C
says over and over, You've
> F C
never really known
> Am Gm
that when the white flag is flown,
> Em add7 Dm
no one, no one, no one has won the war.

> E A
There goes a forest and there goes a bluebird
> E A
There goes a partridge and there goes a Go Train
> E A
There goes an angel and there goes a steeple
> E A
There goes a cop car and there goes an eagle
> E A
There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
> E A
There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
> E A
There goes a raven and there go

The ribbons the ribbons the ribbons
> E
The ribbons of the f

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