Ragged Flag — © 2026 (AS / AI SUNO) 30/70 v.03

[Verse 1] [G]I stepped out into the yard [G D] [with the kick drum steady and a bassline low] [Em]With my pocket empty [G D] [he snare keeps snapping, hi-hat ticking slow] [C]But there’s a blaze in my throat [Em C] [electric guitar cuts in, a thin bright strain] [G]And I need it [G D] [voices stack up, holding the refrain] [G]The city chews up [G D] [piano stabs on the off-beat, rough and plain] [Em]Other people’s names [Em C] [the bass keeps pacing under every phrase] [C]But I won’t bow down [G D] [drums tighten up, no room to give] [C]To their rules [Pre-Chorus] [G]Don’t expect from us [D]Quiet feet [Em]We’re not here to sleep [C]We’re here to blow [Chorus] [G]Ragged flag above the rooftops [D]Can you hear us round the estate? [Em]Ragged flag above the rooftops [C]We don’t sink, we push on [G]We haven’t been broken [D]We keep the pace [Em]Ragged flag above the rooftops [C]Yeah, we’re carried through [Verse 2] [G]Out in the rusty yards [Em C] [the rhythm guitar leans on the backbeat] [G]We learned to take it [G D] [bass and kick lock tight, like a passing train] [Em]Hit after hit [Em C] [toms roll in, then the keys flare up] [G]And laugh in their face [G D] [we pile harmonies over the strain] [G]They told us [Em C] [keep it clipped, keep the chords polite] [G]Keep quiet, don’t kick off [G D] [but the amp keeps crackling through the wire] [Em]So we just turned it up [Em C] [cymbals open wide, then pull back hard] [C]Louder and louder [Pre-Chorus] [G]Don’t expect from us [D]Quiet feet [Em]We’re not here to sleep [C]We’re here to blow [Chorus] [G]Ragged flag above the rooftops [D]Can you hear us round the estate? [Em]Ragged flag above the rooftops [C]We don’t sink, we push on [G]We haven’t been broken [D]We keep the pace [Em]Ragged flag above the rooftops [C]Yeah, we’re carried through [Bridge] [Em]Let everyone around us [C]Repeat their line [G]We never asked for [D]Permission [Em]If the world cracks open [C]Let it crack in time [G]We stay loud [D]We lift ourselves up [Final Chorus] [G]Ragged flag above the rooftops [D]Can you hear us round the estate? [Em]Ragged flag above the rooftops [C]We don’t sink, we push on [G]We haven’t been broken [D]We keep the pace [Em]Ragged flag above the rooftops [C]Yeah, we’re carried through [G]Ragged flag above the rooftops [D]Can you hear us round the estate? [Em]Ragged flag above the rooftops [C]We don’t sink, we push on [G]We haven’t been broken [D]We keep the pace [Em]Ragged flag above the rooftops [C]Yeah, we’re carried through