Chord Wavin Flag Acoustic by Knaan

wavin’ flag k’naan based on acoustic version seen live . thanks to others who have posted this amazing song which is the official world cup 2010 song and has become in the last days , canada’s song for haiti relief . the Em7 is basically walking down from the C to the Am - only finger 2nd and 5th strings . my first post , so be gentle . intro sung over single - string picked melody or single chord played in short arpeggio : C F when i get older , i will be stronger , Am G C they’ll call me freedom , just like a wavin’ flag verse 1 : C Em7 born to a throne , stronger than rome Am G but violence prone , poor people zone , F Em but it’s my home , all i have known , Dm F G where i got grown , streets we would roam . C Em7 but out of the darkness , i came the farthest , Am G among the hardest survival . F Em learn from these streets , it can be bleak , Dm G except no defeat , surrender retreat , C Em7 so we struggling , fighting to eat and Am G we wondering when we’ll be free , F Em so we patiently wait , for that fateful day , Dm G it’s not far away , so for now we say chorus 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 , Am 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 , G and then it goes back oh oh oh verse 2 same chords as verse 1 : so many wars , settling scores , bringing us promises , leaving us poor , i heard them say , love is the way , love is the answer , that’s what they say , but look how they treat us , make us believers , we fight their battles , then they deceive us , try to control us , they couldn’t hold us , cause we just move forward like buffalo soldiers . but we struggling , fighting to eat , and we wondering , when we’ll be free so we patiently wait , for that faithful day , it’s not far away , but for now we say , chorus bridge note 2nd and 3rd oh , oh , ohlines are sung simultaneously with the two lines of lyrics immediately following them : C Em7 Am G F Em Dm ohhhh ohhhh ohhhhh ohhhh G and everybody will be singing it ohhhh ohhhh ohhhhh ohhhh C Em7 Am and you and i will be singing it ohhhh ohhhh ohhhhh ohhhh G F and we all will be singing it Em Dm G ohhh ohh ohh ohh chorus 2 x coda : C Em7 Am G when i get older , when i get older F Em Dm G C when i get older , just like a waving flag , Em7 Am G F just like a waving flag , just like a waving flag Em Dm G G flag , flag , just like a waving flag