The Red Flag

(início)

    D             A7 D
The people's flag is deepest red
   Em           A7  D
It shrouded oft our martyred dead
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And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold
      Em                 A7 D
Their hearts' blood dyed to every fold
Chorus:
     B7                Em
Then raise the scarlet standard high
        A7               D
Beneath it's folds we'll live and die
       D              A7  D
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
      Em           A7   D
We'll keep the red flag flying here
Verse 2:
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It waved above our infant might
     Em               A7   D
When all ahead seemed dark as night
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It witnessed many a deed and vow
   Em              A7   D
We must not change it's colour now
Chorus
Verse 3:
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It well recalls the triumphs past
   Em             A7 D
It gives the hope of peace at last
    D              A7  D
The banner bright, the symbol plain
   Em          A7  D
Of human right and human gain
Chorus
Verse 4:
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It suits today the meek and base
      Em              A7 D
Whose minds are fixed on pelf and place
   D              A7  D
To cringe beneath the rich man's frown
    Em           A7  D
And haul that sacred emblem down
Chorus
Verse 5:
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With heads uncovered swear we all
   Em             A7   D
To bear it onward till we fall
     D             A7 D
Come dungeons dark or gallows grim
     Em            A7  D
This song shall be our parting hymn
Chorus:
     B7                Em
Then raise the scarlet standard high
        A7               D
Beneath it's folds we'll live and die
       D              A7  D
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
      Em           A7   D
We'll keep the red flag flying here