White Flag Chords

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White Flag by Sabrina Carpenter is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			G            D 
Take take it all away, 
Em                C 
Save my heart for another day. 
G                  D 
I'm up late on the telephone 
        Em                 C 
And I'm all alone with the dial tone. 
G                   D 
Wait wait 'till the sun is up, 
Em                   C 
Drown my dreams in a coffee cup, 
G                D 
Palms out, wanna beg for luck 
        Em                   C 
But I'm way too proud, never giving up. 

G   C                     D 
Oh, something's gotta happen, 
C                 D                    C 
Something's gotta give and something's got to break. 
  Em    C                     D 
I know, someday it's gonna happen, 
C                   D                 C 
Someday it's gonna give, can't always be this way. 

           G                C 
And if the riptide comes to get me, 
             Em                 D              C 
And pulls me under, it won't upset me, I'll go down 
           G 
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh) 
               G             C 
I'll throw the white flag of surrender, 
          Em        D                C 
Knock me down, not forever, just for now 
           D 
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh) 

G            D 
Give give everything I've got, 
Em                    C 
Out of reach but I'll take a shot, 
G                  D 
Kick rocks in the parking lot, 
          Em                  C 
Feel like giving up, but I'll never stop. 
G                  D 
Run run, running like a fool, 
Em                C 
Never win if you never lose, 
G                D 
Find hope and a little truth, 
      Em                      C 
Gonna learn new tricks, gotta jump through hoops. 

G   C                     D 
Oh, something's gotta happen, 
C                 D                    C 
Something's gotta give and something's got to break. 
  Em    C                     D 
I know, someday it's gonna happen, 
C                   D                 C 
Someday it's gonna give, can't always be this way. 

           G                C 
And if the riptide comes to get me, 
             Em                 D              C 
And pulls me under, it won't upset me, I'll go down 
           G 
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh) 
               G             C 
I'll throw the white flag of surrender, 
          Em        D                C 
Knock me down, not forever, just for now 
           D 
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh) 

    G                 D 
Not forever, just for now 
    Em                C 
Not forever, just for now 
    G            D            Em 
Not forever, not forever, not forever 
           C 
Won't stay down 
x2 

           G                C 
And if the riptide comes to get me, 
             Em                 D              C 
And pulls me under, it won't upset me, I'll go down 
           G 
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh) 
               G             C 
I'll throw the white flag of surrender, 
          Em        D                C 
Knock me down, not forever, just for now 
           D 
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh) 
x2 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

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