Wavin’ flag
C F
When I get older, I will be
stronger,
Am G
C
they'll
call me freedom, just like a wavin' Flag. - - -
C F
When I get older, I will be stronger,
Am G C
they'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flag,
F Am
and then it goes back, and then
it goes back,
F G
and then it goes back, ooh.
C G
1. Born to a throne, stronger than Rome,
Am G
a
violent prone, poor people zone.
F Am
But it's my home, all I have
known,
F G
where
I got grown, streets we would roam.
C G
2. Out of the darkness, I came the farthest,
Am G
among
the hardest survival.
F Am
Learn from these streets, it
can be bleak,
F G
accept
no defeat, surrender, retreat.
C
G
So we struggling, fighting to
eat and
Am G
we
wondering when we'll be free.
F Am
So we patiently wait for that
fateful day,
F G
it's
not far away, so for now we say...
+ CHORUS
C G
3. So many wars, settling scores,
Am G
bringing
us promises, leaving us poor.
F Am
I heard them say, love is the
way,
F G
love
is the answer, that's what they say.
C
G
4. But look how they treat us, make us believers,
Am G
we
fight their battles, then they deceive us.
F Am
Try to control us, they
couldn't hold us,
Dm G
‘cause
we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers.
C
G
But we struggling, fighting to
eat and
Am
G
we
wondering, when we'll be free.
F Am
So we patiently wait, for that
faithful day,
F G
it's
not far away, but for now we say ...
C F
When I get older, I will be stronger,
Am G C
they'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flag,
F Am
and then it goes back, and then
it goes back,
F G
and then it goes back, and then
it goes. + repeat CHORUS
C - G - Am - G - F - Am - F G
+ Ooh... And
everybody will be singing it !
C G
Ooh, and you and I will be
singing it !
Am
G
- F Am F G
And we all will be singing it, ooh, ooh, ooh.
C F
When I get older, I will be stronger,
Am G C
they'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flag,
F Am
and then it goes back, and then
it goes back,
F G
and then it goes back, and then
it goes.
C F
When I get older, I will be stronger,
Am G C
they'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flag,
F Am
and then it goes back, and then
it goes back,
F G
and then it goes back, ooh.
C G - Am G
+ When I get older, when I get older,
F Am - F G C
I will be stronger, just like a wavin’
flag.
G Am
G F
Just like a wavin’ flag, just like a wavin’
flag.
Am F
G C
flag,
flag, just like a wavin’ flag.
(K’naan)