A NEATLY FOLDED FLAG

WORDS & MUSIC BY RED JOHNSON
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A NEATLY FOLDED FLAG (G)
(G)TAPS HAVE JUST BEEN PLAYED
ANOTHER (C)SOLDIER IS (G)LAID
BESIDE TOO MANY OTHERS IN THIS (D)PLACE
A (G)FAMILY STANDS IN TEARS
HOLDING (C)MEMORIES AND (G)YEARS
IN A NEATLY FOLDED (D)FLAG IN A PLASTIC(G)CASE

CHO: (C)SILENTLY WE ASK JUST WHAT
(G)WE HAVE GAINED FROM WARS WE'VE FOUGHT
ARE WE (A)FIGHTING JUST FOR SOMEONE SAVING (D)FACE?
WHEN OUR (G)LEADERS MAKE MISTAKES
THE (C)DIFFERENCE THAT IT (G)MAKES
IS A NEATLY FOLDED (D)FLAG IN A PLASTIC(G)CASE

TAG: SOMEONE (G)SITS ALONE TONIGHT
OUT OF (C)MIND AND OUT OF (G)SIGHT
WITH A NEATLY FOLDED (D)FLAG IN A PLASTIC(G)CASE

DON'T YOU (G)THINK IT'S TIME WE LEARN
TO STOP THESE (C)TEARS THAT (G)BURN
WE NEED TO TALK AND END OUR FEISY (D)WAYS
CAUSE (G)DOWN THIS PATH THEY CHOSE
ARE TREMBLING (C)HANDS HOLDING A (G)ROSE
AND A NEATLY FOLDED (D)FLAG IN A PLASTIC(G)CASE