The Bonnie Blue Flag chords by
Burl Ives 
Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
Two southern rallying songs
were Dixie,
which originated as a northern
minstrel tune,
and The Bonnie Blue Flag,
based on an Irish musical song.
G
We are a band of brothers
C
G
and native to the soil
C
Am
Fight ing for our property
F
we gain by honest toil
C
And when our rights were threatened
G
the cry rose near and far
C
Am
Hurrah for the bon nie blue flag
F
C
that bears a single star
F
Hurrah, hurrah for South ern rights
C
F
C
Hur rah, hurrah for the bonnie blue flag
G
C
that car ries a single star
F
As long as the Union
C
G
was faithful to her trust,
C
Am
Like friends and like brothers,
C
we were kind and we were just.
But now when Northern treachery
G
attempts our rights to mar,
C
Am
We hoist on high the bon nie blue flag
F
C
that bears a single star.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
F
For South ern rights!
C
Hur rah! Hurrah!
For the bonnie blue flag
G
C
that carries a single star!
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC G Am F
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Am
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Capo: No capo
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