{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":798536,"song":"Wavin Flag","artist":"K'naan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11593710-wavin-flag-chords-by-k-naan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/798536?type=chord","rating":4.65623,"votes":82,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen I get older I will be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstronger they'll call me freedom just[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike a wavin' flag[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\nThe chorus riff goes something like:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------10------10----------------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|\r\nD|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|\r\nA|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|\r\nE|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen I get older I will be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstronger they'll call me freedom just[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike a wavin' flag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nborn to a throne[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nstronger than Rome[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbut violent prone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\npoor people zone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nbut it's my home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nall I have known[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhere I got grown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nstreets we would roam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nout of the darkness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI came the farthest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\namong the hardest survivin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nlearn from these streets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nit can be bleak[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\naccept no defeet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nsurrender retreat[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(so we struggling) fighting to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(and we wondering) when we will be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nso we patiently wait[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfor that fateful day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nit's not far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut for now we say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------10------10----------------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|\r\nD|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|\r\nA|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|\r\nE|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen I get older I will be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstronger they'll call me freedom just[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike a wavin' flag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nso many wars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nsettling scores[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbring us promises[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nleaving us poor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI heard them say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nlove is the way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nlove is the answer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nthat's what they say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut look how they treat us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nmake us believers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwe fight their battles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nthen they deceive us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\ntry to control us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nthey couldn't hold us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n'cause we just move forward[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nlike buffalo soldiers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(but we strugglin') fighting to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(and we wondering) when we will be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nso we patiently wait[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfor that faithfully day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nit's not far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut for now we say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------10------10----------------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|\r\nD|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|\r\nA|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|\r\nE|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen I get older I will be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstronger they'll call me freedom just[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike a wavin' flag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen I get older I will be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstronger they'll call me freedom just[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike a wavin' flag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n(Same chords for verses)\r\nand everybody will be singing it\r\nand you and I will be singing it\r\nand we all will be singing it\r\nwo wah wo ah wo ah\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------10------10----------------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|\r\nD|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|\r\nA|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|\r\nE|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen I get older I will be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstronger they'll call me freedom just[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike a wavin' flag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen I get older I will be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstronger they'll call me freedom just[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike a wavin' flag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen I get older I will be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstronger they'll call me freedom just[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike a wavin' flag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand then it goes back[/tab]\r\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\nThe chorus riff goes something like:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n(Same chords for verses)\nand everybody will be singing it\nand you and I will be singing it\nand we all will be singing it\nwo wah wo ah wo ah\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(ahhho ahhho ahhho)","chords":["C","F","Am","G","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}