Wavin Flag Chords & Lyrics Artist: K'naan

INTRO
C                F
When i get older i will be
         Am                     G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
             C
like a wavin flag
 
 
CHORUS
 
The chorus riff goes something like:
 
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D|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|
A|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|
E|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
C                F
when i get older i will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a waving flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
 
 
VERSE
C
born to a throne
G
stronger than rome
Am
but violent prone
G
poor people zone
F
but its my home
C
all i have known
F
where i got grown
G
streets we would roam
 
C
out of the darkness
G
i came the farthest
Am                G
among the hardest survivin
F
learn form these streets
C
it can be bleek
F
accept no defeet
G
surrender retreat
       C           G
(so we struggling) fighting to eat
        Am         G
(and we wondering) when we will be free
      F
so we patiently wait
    C
for that faithful day
    F
its not far away
    G
but for now we say
 
 
CHORUS
 
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B|------------------------10------10----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|
D|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|
A|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|
E|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
C                F
when I get older I will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a waving flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
 
 
VERSE
 
C
so many wars
G
settling scores
Am
bring us promises
G
leaving us poor
F
i heard them say
C
love is the way
F
love is the answer
G
thats what they say
 
    C
but look how they treat us
G
make us believers
Am
we fight there battles
G
then they deceive us
F
try to control us
C
they couldn't hold us
F
cause we just move forward
G
like buffalo soldiers
        C          G
(but we strugglin) fighting to eat
        Am          G
(and we wonderingg) when we will be free
      F
so we patiently wait
    C
for that faithfully day
    F
its not far away
    G
but for now we say
 
 
CHORUS
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------10------10----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|
D|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|
A|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|
E|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
C                F
when i get older i will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a waving flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
 
C                F
when i get older i will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a waving flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
 
 
BRIDGE
 
(Same chords for verses)
and everybody will be singing it
and you and i will be singing it
and we all will be singing it
wo wah wo ah wo ah
 
 
CHORUS
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------10------10----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|
D|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|
A|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|
E|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
C                F
when i get older i will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a waving flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
 
C                F
when i get older i will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a waving flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)
 
C                F
when i get older i will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a waving flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)