Red Flag
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste:
2nd traste
As recorded by Anne Wilson
(From the 2024 Album REBEL)
Capo 2nd fret
To play without a capo transpose +2 steps.
[Intro]
D G D G D G
[Verse 1]
D G
Don't sell yourself short, girl
D G C
He's gotta love you but he's gotta love Jesus just a little more, girl
G
It's worth waitin' for, girl
D
Where'd he come from?
D
Is he big city pretty or sweatin' for a dollar till the day's done?
C G
Is hard work what he runs from?
[Pre-Chorus]
D C G
At the end of the day my mama said some flags are green and some flags are red
[Chorus]
D
He's a no go if he don't go to church
G
Better slow down if he ain't down to earth
A D
If he don't go huntin' and don't go fishin', you might as well throw him back
D
If he don't R-E-S-P-E-C-T
G
The stars and the stripes in the land of the free
A
Better run away fast 'cause a boy like that
G D F G D
Is a walkin', talkin', wavin' red flag
[Post-Chorus]
D
A red flag
G D
Oh, he's a red flag
D
A red flag
[Verse 2]
D
Does it make sense, girl?
G C
Do you see him jumpin' off a fence and buyin' you a white picked fence world?
G
Or just got you for rent, girl?
[Chorus]
D
He's a no go if he don't go to church
G
Better slow down if he ain't down to earth
A D
If he don't go huntin' and don't go fishin', you might as well throw him back
D
If he don't R-E-S-P-E-C-T
G
The stars and the stripes in the land of the free
A
Better run away fast 'cause a boy like that
G D F G D
Is a walkin', talkin', wavin' red flag
[Post-Chorus]
D
A red flag
G D
Oh, he's a red flag
D
Girl, he's a red flag
[Bridge]
D G
Some red flags don't know the golden rule
D C G
Some red flags don't own a pair of boots
[Chorus]
D
He's a no go if he don't go to church
G
Better slow down if he ain't down to earth
A D
If he don't go huntin' and don't go fishin', you might as well throw him back
D
If he don't R-E-S-P-E-C-T
G
The stars and the stripes in the land of the free
A
Better run away fast 'cause a boy like that
G D F G D
Is a walkin', talkin', wavin' red flag
[Outro]
D
A red flag (stay away from a)
G D
A red flag (Mama warned you)
D
A red flag
D
(Girl, he's a—)
How to play Red Flag
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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