Flag Decal
John Prine

C                                           F
Well while digesting Reader's Digest in the back of a dirty book store
G                                                  C
A flag decal, with gum on the back fell out on the floor
C                                         C7                  F
So I picked it up and I ran outside and I slapped on my windowshield
G                                                              C 
And if I could see old Betsy Ross now, I'd tell her how good I feel

            F                             C
Oh but your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore
        G                             C
They're already overcrowded from your dirty little wars
    F                                C   
Now Jesus he don't like killin' - No matter what the reason if for
    G                                  G7     C
And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore
 
C                                                F
(Well) I went into the bank this morning and the teller she said to me
G                                              C
"If you join our Chrismas club, we'll give you ten of those flags for free."
C                                 C7                        F
So I didn't mess around a bit and I took her up on what she said
G                                                               C
And I stuck those stickers all over my car and one on my wife's forehead
 
            F                             C
Oh but your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore
        G                             C
They're already overcrowded from your dirty little wars
    F                                C   
Now Jesus he don't like killin' - No matter what the reason if for
    G                                  G7     C
And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore

C                                                   F
(Well) I got my car so stickered up that I couldn't see
G                                          C
Then I ran it right upside a curb and then right into a tree
C                         C7                        F
By the time they called a doctor down I was already dead
G                                                                  C
And I'll never understand why the man standing at the Pearly Gates said

     F                             C
Your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore
        G                           C
We're already overcrowded from your dirty little wars
    F                                C   
Now Jesus he don't like killin' - No matter what the reason if for
    G                                  G7     C
And your flag decal won't get you into Heaven anymore