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Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore

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John Prine

Version
studio
published by
inthisworld
Tone
A-
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Slide
A -> La
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Chords
	 
[Verse]
G C
While digesting Readers Digest in the back of a dirty book store
D G
A plastic flag with gum on the back Fell out on the floor.
G C
Well I picked it up and ran outside And slapped it on my windowshield.
D G
And If I could see old Betsy Ross Id tell her how good I feel.
[Chorus]
C G
But, your flag decal won’t get you into Heaven anymore.
D G
They’re already overcrowded From your dirty little war
C G
Now Jesus don’t like Killin’ No matter what the reasons for.
D G Bb C D
And your flag decal won’t get you into Heaven anymore.
[Verse]
G C
Well I went to the Bank this morning And the cashier said to me
D G
If you join the Christmas Club We'll give you ten of them flags for free.
G C
I didn’t mess a round a bit I took him up on what he said
D G
And stuck them stickers all over my car And one on my wifes forehead.
[Chorus]
C G
But, your flag decal won’t get you into Heaven anymore.
D G
They’re already overcrowded From your dirty little war
C G
Now Jesus don’t like Killin’ No matter what the reasons for.
D G Bb C D
And your flag decal won’t get you into Heaven anymore.
[Verse]
G C
Well I got my windshield so filled with flags I couldn’t see
D G
So I ran my car upside a curb and right into a tree
G C
By the time they got a doctor down I was already dead,
D
And I’ll never understand Why the man,
G
Standing in the Pearly Gates said…
[Chorus]
C G
But, your flag decal won’t get you into Heaven anymore.
D G
We’re already overcrowded From your dirty little war
C G
Now Jesus don’t like Killin’ No matter what the reasons for.
D G Bb C D
And your flag decal won’t get you into Heaven anymore.