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Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
     G+G        C majorC      G+G        D7D7
We are a fighting for our Union, we're fighting for our trust,
   G+G                  C majorC     D7D7    G+G
we're fighting for that happy land, where sleeps our fathers’ dust.
       C majorC           G+G       D7D7
It cannot be dissevered, though it cost us bloody wars,
  G+G                 C majorC     D7D7     G+G
we never can give up the land, where floats the stripes and stars.

Chorus:
  G+G    D7D7    C majorC        G+G
Hurrah! Hurrah! for equal rights, hurrah!
  G+G      C majorC         D7D7          G+G
Hurrah! for the good old flag that bears the stripes and stars!

Verse 2:
  G+G       C majorC      G+G        D7D7
We trusted you as brothers, until you drew the sword,
   G+G            C majorC      D7D7   G+G
with impious hands at Sumpter you cut the silver cord.
          C majorC     G+G         D7D7
So now you hear the bugles, we come, the sons of Mars,
  G+G                  C majorC     D7D7     G+G
to rally round the brave old flag, that bears the stripes and stars.

Chorus:
  G+G    D7D7    C majorC        G+G
Hurrah! Hurrah! for equal rights, hurrah!
  G+G      C majorC         D7D7          G+G
Hurrah! for the good old flag that bears the stripes and stars!

Verse 3:
  G+G        C majorC     G+G        D7D7
We do not want your cotton, we do not want your slaves,
   G+G                 C majorC     D7D7    G+G
but rather than divide the land, we'll fill your Southern graves.
           C majorC       G+G         D7D7
With Lincoln for our chieftain, we wear our country's stars,
  G+G                  C majorC     D7D7     G+G
and rally round the brave old flag that bears the stripes and stars.

Chorus:
  G+G    D7D7    C majorC        G+G
Hurrah! Hurrah! for equal rights, hurrah!
  G+G      C majorC         D7D7          G+G
Hurrah! for the good old flag that bears the stripes and stars!

Verse 4:
  G+G          C majorC    G+G         D7D7
We deem our cause most holy, we know we're in the right,
  G+G               C majorC   D7D7   G+G
and twenty million free men stand ready for the fight.
         C majorC      G+G        D7D7
Our pride is fair Columbia, no stain her beauty mars,
  G+G                   C majorC     D7D7     G+G
on her we'll raise the brave old flag that bears the stripes and stars.

Chorus:
  G+G    D7D7    C majorC        G+G
Hurrah! Hurrah! for equal rights, hurrah!
  G+G      C majorC         D7D7          G+G
Hurrah! for the good old flag that bears the stripes and stars!

Verse 5:
  G+G        C majorC      G+G        D7D7
And when this war is over, we'll each resume our home,
  G+G              C majorC     D7D7   G+G
and treat you still as brothers, where ever you may roam.
             C majorC        G+G        D7D7
We'll pledge the hand of friendship, and think no more of war,
  G+G                  C majorC     D7D7     G+G
but dwell in peace beneath the flag that bears the stripes and stars.

Chorus:
  G+G    D7D7    C majorC        G+G
Hurrah! Hurrah! for equal rights, hurrah!
  G+G      C majorC         D7D7          G+G
Hurrah! for the good old flag that bears the stripes and stars!