Flags Of Freedom

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

-6  6    6   6   6   6  6    6
Today's the day our younger son
6  -6 -6 -6  6   6
Is going off to war
 6  6     6   6   6   6  5
Fightin' the age old battle
6   -6   -6  -6   6  6 
We sometimes won before
 -7   -7  -7  -7  -7    6
Flags in line on main street
-7   7  7   7   7   -6
Are blowin' in the wind
  6    6   6   6    6   6   -5  5  -5 4
These must be the flags of freedom flyin'

  -6     6    6   6   6 
Church bells are ringin'
6   6   -6  -6   -6    6   6
As the families stand and wave
 6   6   6   6   6  5
Some of them are cryin'
 6   6   -6  -6   -6  6    6
But the soldiers look so brave
-7 -7     -7     -7  6
Lookin' straight ahead
 -7   7    7    7     7     7     -6
Like they know just where they're goin'
 6    6    6   6   -5  5  -5 4
Past the flags of freedom flyin'

-6  6   6   6    6    6   6  
Sister has her headphones on
 6    6   -6  -6 -6   6   6
She hears the music blasting
 6   6    6    6  6   6  6    5
She sees her brother marchin' by
  6    6   -6 -6 -6  6  6
Their bond is everlasting
  -7  -7  -7 -7  -7 -7 -7  6
Listening to Bob Dylan singin' 
-7  7   7   7  7   -6
in nineteen sixty three
  6   6   6    6   6   -5  5  -5 4
Watching the flags of freedom flyin'

-6   6    6   6  6  6   6   6
She sees the president speakin'
 6 6  -6   -6   -6 6  
On a Flat-screen T V
6   6   6  6  5
In the window of  
 6   -6 -6  -6  6   6
the old appliance store
-7   -7   -7 -7  -7   -7 -7  -7 6
She turns to see her brother again
-7   7   7  7  7  7  7    -6
But he's already walkin' past
 6    6   6   -5  5  -5 4
The flags of freedom flyin'

 7    7   -8  -8   -8   -8  -7  6  
Have you seen the flags of freedom?
 -7   7 7   7   7    5
What color are they now?
7   7   -8    -8  -8   -8 -8  -8   6
Do you think that you believe in yours
-7    -7   7   7    7      7  5
More than they do theirs somehow?
 5    5   6   6    6   6   6   6  -5 5 4
When you see the flags of freedom flyin'

-6  6    6   6   6   6  6    6
Today's the day our younger son
6  -6 -6 -6  6   6
Is going off to war
 6  6     6   6   6   6  5
Fightin' the age old battle
6   -6   -6  -6   6  6 
We sometimes won before
 -7   -7  -7  -7  -7    6
Flags in line on main street
-7   7  7   7   7   -6
Are blowin' in the wind
  6    6   6   6    6   6   -5  5  -5 4
These must be the flags of freedom flyin'

  6    6   6   6    6   6   -5  5  -5 4
These must be the flags of freedom flyin'

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