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):

^CWhen I get older, ^FI will be stronger, ^AmThey'll call me freedom, ju^Gst like a Wavin' F^Clag

(Verse 1):

^CBorn to a throne, ^Em7stronger than Rome ^Ambut violence prone, ^Gpoor people zone, ^FBut it's my home, ^Emall I have known, ^DmWhere I got grown, ^Fstreets we would ^Groam. But ^Cout of the darkness, ^Em7I came the farthest, ^AmAmong the hardest^G survival. ^FLearn from these streets, ^Emit can be bleak, ^DmExcept no defeat, su^Grrender retreat, So we ^Cstruggling, ^Em7fighting to eat and We ^Amwondering ^Gwhen we'll be free, So we ^Fpatiently wait, for ^Emthat fateful day, It's ^Dmnot far away, so ^Gfor now we say

[Chorus]

^CWhen I get older, ^FI will be stronger, ^AmThey'll call me freedom, jus^Gt like a Wavin' ^Cflag And then it goes ^Fback, and then it goes ^Amback, And then it goes ^Amback, and ^Gthen it goes ^CWhen I get older, ^FI will be stronger, ^AmThey'll call me freedom, ^Gjust like a Wavin' ^Cflag And then it goes ^Fback, and then it goes ^Amback, And then it goes ^Gback 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(Oh^Em7hhh ^AmOhhh^Gh O^Fhhh^Emhh O^Dmhhhh) ^GAnd everybody will be singing it

(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)

^CAnd you and ^Em7I will be singing ^Amit (Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh) And we ^Gall will be singing it ^F ^Em(Ohhh ^DmOhh Ohh ^GOhh)

[Chorus] 2x (Coda):

^C ^Em7When I get older,^Am ^Gwhen I get older ^F ^EmWhen I get older,^Dm ^Gjust like a Waving ^CFlag, ^Em7Just like a Waving ^AmFlag, ^Gjust like a Waving ^FFlag ^EmFlag, ^Dmflag, ^GJust like a Waving ^GFlag

K'naan - Wavin flag acoustic