Barenaked Ladies - The Flag Intro dm dm am em |--------1---------1----8-8-----3-3-------| |--------3---------3----5-5-----5-5-------| |--------2---0h2---2----5-5-----4-4-------| |---2---------------- ---7-7-----2-2------| |--------------------- --7-7-----x-x------| |------------------- ----x-x-----x-x------| Verse dm G The phone rings, it's early, it's seven o'clock, F C He says, "Sorry I woke you, but I just had to talk. dm G You know last night, remember, when I tried to choke you? F C I didn't mean it, I was drunk, it was only a joke." Prechorus: dm Dm/C G You should know that by now, F C dm When the chequered flag comes down, Bb A No one, no one, no one has won the race. Intro dm dm am em |--------1---------1----8-8-----3-3-------| |--------3---------3----5-5-----5-5-------| |--------2---0h2---2----5-5-----4-4-------| |---2---------------- ---7-7-----2-2------| |--------------------- --7-7-----x-x------| |------------------- ----x-x-----x-x------| Verse: dm G The next night he's over and over and under F C And after he's finished she lies there and wonders dm G Just why does she need him, and why does she stay here, F C And then in the darkness, she'll quietly say, "Dear, Prechorus: dm Dm/C G You've never really known. F C dm That when the white flag is flown, Bb A dm No one, no one, no one has won the war." Verse: dm G They're complicated people leading complicated lives, F C And he complicates their problems by telling complicated lies. dm G He tells her he's sorry. She tells him, "It's over." F C He tells her he's sorry. She says, over and over, Prechorus: dm Dm/C G "You've never really known, F C dm That when the white flag is flown, Bb A dm No one, no one, no one has won the war." Outro: Emaj7 Aadd9 There goes a forest and there goes a bluebird Emaj7 Aadd9 There goes a partridge and there goes a Go Train Emaj7 Aadd9 There goes an angel and there goes a steeple Emaj7 Aadd9 There goes a cop car and there goes an eagle Emaj7 Aadd9 There goes a raven and there go the ribbons Emaj7 Aadd9 There goes a raven and there go the ribbons Emaj7 Aadd9 There goes a raven and there go Amaj7/C# The ribbons, the ribbons, the ribbons, the ribbons EmaAadd9 of the flag.