Ashes Of American Flags

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Standard Tuning EADGBe
[Riff]
|--------------|
|-----10-------|
|--------11br~-|
|--------------|
|-12-----------|
|--------------| (let ring)
There are grace notes throughout:
In the intro and verses an F# between the D and the G.
[Intro]
D G D G
[Verse 1]
D G D G
The cash machine is blue and green, for a hundred in twenties and a small service fee
Em A D G
I could spend three dollars and sixty-three cents, on Diet Coca-Cola and unlit cigarettes
[Verse 2]
D G D G
..................
Em A D G
I wonder why we listen to poets when nobody gives a fuck, how hot and sorrowful, this machine begs for luck
[Chorus 1]
D7/F# G Bm Em A7 D G D G
All my lies are always wishes, I know I would die if I could come back new
[Verse 3]
D G D G
I want a good life with a nose for things, a fresh wind and bright sky, to enjoy my suffering
Em A D G
A hole without a key if I break my tongue, speaking of tomorrow, how will it ever come?
[Chorus 2]
D7/F# G Bm Em A7 D G D G
All my lies are always wishes, I know I would die if I could come back new
[Verse 4]
D G D G
..................
Em A D G
I'm down on my hands and knees every time the doorbell rings, I shake like a toothache when I hear myself sing
[Chorus 3]
D7/F# G Bm Em A7 D G D G
All my lies are always wishes, I know I would die if I could come back new
[Verse 5]
D G D G
I would like to salute the ashes of American flags, and all the fallen leaves filling up shopping bags...

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Free chords for Ashes Of American Flags by Wilco. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Standard Tuning EADGBe 
[Riff] 
There are grace notes throughout: 
In the intro and verses an F# between the D and the G. 
[Intro] 
D G  D G
[Verse 1] 
[Verse 2]
[Chorus 1] 
[Verse 3] 
[Chorus 2] 
[Verse 4] 
[Chorus 3] 
[Verse 5]

Ashes Of American Flags Chords by Wilco

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