Wavin' Flag(Chords)

	        C                F 
When i get older i will be 
         Am                     G 
stronger they'll call me freedom just 
             C 
like a wavin flag 
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                G 
born to a throne stronger than rome 
Am               G 
but violent prone poor people zone 
F                C 
but its my home all i have known 
F                G  
where i got grown streets we would roam 

C                   G 
out of the darkness i came the farthest 
Am                G 
among the hardest survivin 
F                       C 
learn form these streets it can be bleek 
F                G 
accept no defeet surrender retreat 
       C           G 
(so we struggling) fighting to eat 
        Am         G 
(and we wondering) when we will be free 
      F                  C 
so we patiently wait for that faithfully day 
    F                G 
its not far away but for now we say 

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            G 
so many wars settling scores 
Am                G  
bring us promises leaving us poor 
F                C 
i heard them say love is the way 
F                  G 
love is the answer thats what they say 

    C                   G 
but look how they treat us make us believers 
Am                     G 
we fight there battles then they deceive us 
F              C 
try to control us they couldn't hold us 
F                          G 
cause we just move forward like buffalo soldiers 
        C          G 
(but we strugglin) fighting to eat 
        Am          G 
(and we wonderingg) when we will be free 
      F                  C 
so we patiently wait for that faithfully day 
    F                G 
its not far away but for now we say 

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                
and everybody will be singing it 
F 
and you and i will be singing it 
G 
and we all will be singing it 
wo wah wo ah wo ah
	        

Written by K'naan