Flag by the Barenaked Ladies From the album: Gordon (1992 Sire Warner Bros.) Haunting melody. The picking pattern I use for a D 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. Em or Em7' It's your call. Comments, questions, BNL chat' stepdeno@village.ca THE FLAG - Barenaked Ladies

^DmThe phone rings, it early, it's ^Cseven o'clock, he says ^Fsorry I woke you but I ^Cjust had to talk. ^DmYou know last night, remember when ^CI tried to choke you' I didn't ^Fmean it, I was drunk, it was ^Conly a joke. You should k^Fnow that by ^Cnow, when th^Ame chequered^Gm flag comes down, Em add7 Dm no one, no one, no one has won the race.

^DmThe next night he's over and ^Cover and under and ^Fafter he's finished, she ^Clies there and wonders just ^Dmwhy does she need him, and ^Cwhy does she stay here, and ^Fthen in the darkness, she'll ^Cquietly say Dear, you've ^Fnever^C really known that whe^Amn the white fl^Gmag is flown, no one^Em, no one, no on^Dme has won the war.

Th^Dmey're complicated people leading ^Ccomplicated lives, and he ^Fcomplicates their problems by telling ^Ccomplicated lies He tel^Dmls her he's sorry, she ^Ctells him it's over he ^Ftells her he's sorry she ^Csays over and over, You've ^Fnever^C really known that wh^Amen the white ^Gmflag is flown, Em add7 Dm no one, no one, no one has won the war.

^EThere goes ^Aa forest and there goes a bluebird ^EThere goes a par^Atridge and there goes a Go Train ^EThere goes a^An angel and there goes a steeple ^EThere goes a ^Acop car and there goes an eagle ^EThere goes ^Aa raven and there go the ribbons ^EThere goes ^Aa raven and there go the ribbons ^EThere goes^A a raven and there go

The ribbons the ribbons the ribbons

The ribbons^E of the flag.

Barenaked Ladies - The flag