Tell Me When The Flag Is Passing By chords by Hank Thompson

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) Oh, won't you tell me
when the flag is passing by?
Oh, won't you tell me
D 
when the flag is passing by?  (D major) 
C 
While standing  (C major) there that day
G 
I heard  (G major) the stranger say
Won't you tell me
D 
G 
when the flag  (D major) is passing by?  (G major) 
Then he said,
I hear the sound of marching feet
D 
And I can hear the trumpets up the street  (D major) 
C 
And since  (C major) this is the fourth
G 
day of Ju (G major) ly
Won't you tell me
D 
G 
when the flag is  (D major) passing by?  (G major) 
Before I turned to look I knew I'd find
That the man who spoke these words
D 
to me was blind  (D major) 
C 
Just  (C major) let me pretend to see old
G 
glory  (G major) once again
Would you tell me
D 
G 
when the flag  (D major) is passing by  (G major) 
Oh, the blazing sun above
that day was warm,
but he was wearing his old army uniform.
D 
C 
 (D major) Ribbons pinned  (C major) by his lapel,
G 
a gallant story  (G major) they did tell,
why he wished to know
D 
G 
Ab 
the flag  (D major) was passing by.  (G major)  (A flat major) 
How many times has this long
-forgotten man
Eb 
Went to battle for that flag in some far land?  (E flat major) 
C# 
If it were not  (C sharp major) for  men like he,
Ab 
you and I  (A flat major) could not be free,
Eb 
Ab 
So I told him that the flag  (E flat major) was passing by.  (A flat major) 
Oh, I stood there right beside
him in the crowd
Eb 
And I felt so very thankful and so proud  (E flat major) 
C# 
In his old  (C sharp major) red army suit,
Ab 
he gave  (A flat major) a sharp salute
When I told him that the
Eb 
Ab 
flag  (E flat major) was  passing by  (A flat major) 
Oh, won't you tell me
when the flag is passing by
Oh, won't you tell me
Eb 
when the flag is passing by  (E flat major) 
C# 
While stand (C sharp major) ing  there that day,
Ab 
I heard  (A flat major) the  stranger say,
Won't you tell me
Eb 
Ab 
when the flag  (E flat major) is passing by?  (A flat major) 
Won't you tell me
Eb 
Ab 
when the flag  (E flat major) is   passing by?  (A flat major) 
Won't you tell me
Eb 
Ab 
when the flag  (E flat major) is   passing by?  (A flat major) 
Won't you tell me
Eb 
Ab 
when the flag  (E flat major) is passing by?  (A flat major) 
Won't you tell me
Eb 
Ab 
when the flag  (E flat major) is   passing by?  (A flat major) 
Oh, won't you tell me
when the flag is passing by...