More Than A Flag

Capo: 4th fret

INTRO:
G C D
G C D

VERSE:
G C
After school one day a boy sat talking with his dad
D
He said the teacher pulled out a book
C
Taught us all about the flag

G
About the red, white, and blue
C
And how each color was defined
D
And why we stand hand over heart
C
Pledge allegiance every time

Am C
His dad pulled out a box with a folded flag
Am C D
And said trust me son it means way more than that

CHORUS:
G C
It’s more than a flag, or stars and stripes
D
Yeah, it waves for the ones who died
G
And gave their lives,
C D
So you and I could live on

Em
It stands for truth,
B
It stands for grace
C
It’s colors don’t run and to this day
D
It carries sacrifice and scars
C
And every stripe and star it has
G Am
You might know the definition
C
But the truth is
D G C D G C D
It’s more than a flag

VERSE:
G C
You said that your grandad fought in Vietnam back in ’65
D
Three hundred fifty second dropping bombs
C
To lessen the threats he had to fight

G C
Got sent home in ’71 with one less leg and a Purple Heart
D
He used to say I gave some and some gave all
C
And that’s what we’re fighting for

Am C
They gave your grandma this box on the day he passed
Am C D
Fired twenty one shots, and folded up that flag

CHORUS:
G C
It’s more than a flag, or stars and stripes
D
Yeah, it waves for the ones who died
G
And gave their lives,
C D
So you and I could live on

BREAK:
D Em
It’s there when we fight
D
It’s there when we fought
C
On foreign shores and right at home

G Am7
Yeah you know it’s true
C D
It’s why we bleed red, white, and blue

CHORUS:
G C
It’s more than a flag, or stars and stripes
D
It waves for the ones who died
G
And gave their lives,
C D
So you and I could live on

OUTRO:
G Am
You might know the definition
C
But the truth is
D G
It’s more than a flag

C
Ther’s nobody more American
D G
Ask not, what your country can do for you
C D G
Ask what you can do for your country