here’s a rock , distorted electric guitar song simplified into only chords . faster
to learn by heart . so you can do it while singing around a campfire . . . funny .

stick the fxxking flag up your goddam ass , you sonofabitch
by propagandhi
from the album how to clean everything
first published in 1993
on fat wreck chords

probably the punkiest ( not the heaviest , not the greatest ) album of the twenty
last years , in the middle of this big real shit that loves to call itself punk
rock . rise against ain’t punk rock , neither is nofx or bad religion . or any of the
bands on fat wreck chord . it’s not punk because it’s indie . anyways . propagandhi’s
htce is probably not punk neither , but one of the nearest . punk music is dead in
1977 . punk is dead when it got a name . punk died when people started to claim they
doing punk rock . the stooges is punk . velvet underground . david bowie . the
pistols . the doors are . punk . rockers . yup . lou reed , man . here’s the song .

E5 B7 C D5 G5 G5/F# 2

xe5 B5 C5 D5 G5 G5/F# 2

xe5 B5 C5 D5 G5 G5/F#
my father told me son , it’s futile to resist ,
E5 B5 C5 D5 G5 G5/F#
you can topple ideology but not the armies , they enlist .
E5 B5 C5 D5 G5 G5/F#
i questioned the intentions of the boy scouts chanting war .
E5 B5 C5 D5 G5 G5/F#
well that’s the sound of freedom , son he said . ( free to say no more . )

E C D G5 G5/F#
but wait a minute dad , did you actually say freedom?
E C
well , if you’re dumb enough to vote ,
D G5 G5/F#
you’re fxxkin dumb enough to believe ’em .
E C D G5 G5/F#
cuz if this country is so goddam free .
E C D G5 G5/F#
then i can burn your fxxking flag wherever i damn well please ,

E5 * D5//E5 * //D5 2
x
E5 * D5//E5 * //D5 E5 *
and i will stick the fxxking flag up your ass

G5 *

E5 * D5 D5/C# C5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 A5 G5 C#5
i carried their anthem , convinces it was mine .
E5 D5 D5/C# C5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 A5 G5 C#5
rhymeless , unreasoned conjecture kept me in line .

E5 * C D C5 G5 C#5
then i stood back and wondered what the fxxk had they done to me .
E5 * C D C5 G5 C#5
made accomplice to all that i’d promised i would never fxxking be . never be .

E5 * D5//E5 * //D5 3

xe5 * G5 *

E5 * D5 D5/C# C5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 A5 G5 C#5
you carry their anthem convinces that it’s yours .
E5 * D5 D5/C# C5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 B5 A5 G5 C#5
initiation to honor – invitation to war .

E5 * C
bette midler now assumes sainthood .
D C5 G5 C#5
romanticize murder for moral .
E5 * C
tie a yellow ribbon round the oak tree my friend ,
D C5
and gee wally , that’s swell!
G5 C#5 E5 *
fxxk the troops to hell!

D5//E5 * //D5 E5 *

D5//E5 * //D5 E5 *
fxxk the troops to hell!

D5//E5 * //D5 E5 * G5 *

E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D – – – – – – – 5 – – – 5 – – – – – – – |
A – – – 7 – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

here’s how to play the chords .

E5 022
xxxb7 x212
xxc x325
xxd5 x577
xxg5 355
xxxg5/F# 255
xxxb5 x244
xxc5 x355
xxe 0224
xxd x577
xxe5 * x799
xxg5 * x10 . 12 . 12
xxdb5 x688
xxf5 422
xxxa5 577

xxxi think they’re all there .
i might update one day to clarifie the muted part .