• Song:

    Waving Flag

  • 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)
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
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)

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 x2)
(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 x3)

(riff goes something like)
E  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
B  | ------------------------10------10---------------------------------------- | 
G  | ----------------------10------10----------(b9)-------(b9)-------7------7------ | 
D  | -------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------(b9)-----(b9)------ | 
A  | ---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10-------- | 
E  | -8--------8--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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