Flags Of Freedom

Neil Young

Tom: D

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    Today's the day our younger son is going off to war,
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    fightin' in the age old battle we've sometimes won before.
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    Flags that line old Main Street are blowin' in the wind,
       D                          A                        D
    these must be the flags of freedom flyin'.

D                                                   G                             D
   Church bells are ringin' as the families stand and wave,
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    some of them are cryin', cause the soldiers look so brave.
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    Lookin' straight ahead, like they know just where they're goin',
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     past the flags of freedom flyin'.

      D                                                       G                       D
    Sister has her headphones on, she hears the music blasting,
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    she sees her brother marchin' by, their bond is everlasting.
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    Listening to Bob Dylan singin' in 1963,
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    watching the flags of freedom flyin'.

              D                                                G                D
   She sees the president speakin' on a flat-screen TV
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   in the window of the old appliance store.
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    She turns to see her brother again, but he's already walkin' past
            D           A                    D
    the flags of freedom flyin'.

                       A
    Have you seen the flags of freedom?
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    What color are they now?
                   A
    Do you think that you believe in yours
                        G                            D
    more than they do theirs somehow,
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    when you see the flags of freedom flyin'?

          D                                                  G                D
    Today's the day our younger son is going off to war,
                                                           G                           D
    fightin' in the age old battle we've sometimes won before.
       A                                                    E                  G
    Flags that line old Main Street are blowin' in the wind,
       D                          A                        D
    these must be the flags of freedom flyin'.