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American Flag On The Moon

Brad Paisley

CountryMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C×
D××
F#Diagram coming soon
Em
F
A×
E
F#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: G - C   
 
the picking part in the intro and first verse 
is something like this 
hide this tab   G                  C 
e-2------------------0-------------------------| 
B-2------------------1-------------------------| 
G-0------------------0-----------0-------------| 
D-0---------0--------2------0h2----------------| 
A-2----0h2-----------3----3--------------------| 
E-3--3---------------x-------------------------| 
 
and the piano lick is something like 
e-----3--2-----------------| 
B-----------3--0-----------| 
G--------------------------| 
D--------------------------| 
A--------------------------| 
E--------------------------| 
 
 
G                G                     C               C 
 How do we honor those who have fallen   and died for this dream? 
G                           G                 C           C 
 I'm sure of one thing, it's not with gridlock or bickering 
           D                                 D          
 We're the children of explorers, that came here from every corner 
        C                          C 
 The adventurers that settled this land 
            D                                  D 
 We led the world, fought tyranny, touched the stars, brought liberty 
C         (C) 
 Let's do that again 
  
G               D/F#   Em 
 Tonight I dare you to dream 
                  D        C  
 Go on, believe impossible things 
                      C                          G 
 Whenever anybody says there's anything we can't do 
             D               C                    G    
I mean after all, there's an American flag on the moon 
 
G                         G                       D/F#       C 
 Outside the other night, you should have seen the moonlight 
                         C 
 It's enough to make you squint your eyes 
       G 
 So my five year old had learned about 
     G                 D/F#      C 
 The lunar landing and he walked out 
                            C 
 And started staring at the sky 
 D                           D 
 Stood there for a while, he got a great big smile 
            C                         C 
 And said, "Dad, I think I can see it, can you?" 
D                D               
 I bowed my head, closed my eyes and said 
C                   (C)    
 "Yes son, I think I do" 
 
 
G               D/F#   Em 
 Tonight I dare you to dream 
                  D        C  
 Go on, believe impossible things 
                      C                          G 
 Whenever anybody says there's anything we can't do 
             D               D                    Em    
I mean after all, there's an American flag on the moon 
 
  F 
 Oh, in two hundred years 
C                           C 
 Think about all that we've done so far 
       Em            G          D 
 And I don't see any reason why tomorrow can't be ours 
 
 
KEY CHANGE 
A               E      F#m 
 Tonight I dare you to dream 
                  E        D 
 Go on, believe impossible things 
                      D                    A 
 Whenever anybody says there's anything we can't do 
       D     E    D     E 
 Cause after all, after all, 
            D                       A 
 There's an American flag on the moon 
 
End on A 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C · D · F# · Em · F · A · E · F#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.