Ashes From American Flag

	  		Tabbed by: Tyler Estes 
Email: [email protected] 
 
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Tuning: Standard 
 
Intro 1: 
 
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A|---0-----2----| 
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Intro 2: 
 
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(D)The cash machine (G)is blue and green 
(D)For a hundred in twenties (G)and a small service fee 
(Em)I could spend three dollars (A)and sixty-three cents 
(D)On Diet Coca-Cola (G)and unlit cigarettes 
 
(D G D G) 
 
(Em)I wonder why we listen to poets 
(A)When nobody gives a fuck 
(D)How hot and sorrowful 
(G)This machine begs for luck 
 
(F#m)All my (G)lies are always (Bm)wishes 
(Em)I know I would (A)die if I could come back new 
 
(D G D G) 
 
(D)I want a good life 
(G)With a nose for things 
(D)A fresh wind and bright sky 
(G)To enjoy my suffering 
 
(Em)A hole without a key 
(A)If I break my tongue 
(D)Speaking of tomorrow 
(G)How will it ever come? 
 
(F#m)All my (G)lies are always (Bm)wishes 
(Em)I know I would (A)die if I could come back new 
 
(Em)I'm down on my hands and knees 
(A)Every time the doorbell rings 
(D)I shake like a toothache 
(G)When I hear myself sing 
 
(F#m)All my (G)lies are only (Bm)wishes 
(Em)I know I would (A)die if I could come back new 
 
(D)I would like to salute 
(G)The ashes of American flags 
(D)And all the fallen leaves 
(G)Filling up shopping bags