Wavin' Flag chords by
K'naan (Official Version)

2009Hip-hop3.4K views

Key: C majorDifficulty: Intermediate

Intro 1

When I get older I will be stronger

They'll call me freedom,

Chorus 1
just like a wavin' flag
C C 
 
F F 
 
When I get older, I  will be stronger
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
G G 
 
And then it goes back, oh

Verse 1
C C 
 
G G 
 
Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
A   violence prone, poor people zone
F F 
 
Em Em 
 
But it's my home, all I have known
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
Where I got grown, streets we would roam
C C 
 
G G 
 
Out of the darkness, I  came the farthest
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
Among the hardest survival
F F 
 
Em Em 
 
Learn from these streets, it  can be bleak
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
Accept no defeat, surrender, retreat

Pre-chorus 1

C

G

So we struggling, fighting to eat

Am

G

And we wondering when we'll be free

F

Em

So we patiently wait for that fateful day

Dm

G

It's not far away, but for now we say

Chorus 2

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

Verse 2
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
So many wars, settling scores
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
Bringing us promises, leaving us poor
F F 
 
Em Em 
 
I  heard them say 'love is the way'
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
'Love is the answer, that's what they say
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
But look how they treat us, make  us believers
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
We  fight their battles, then they deceive us
F F 
 
Em Em 
 
Try to control us, they couldn't hold us
Dm Dm 
 
Cause we  just move forward
G G 
 
Like Buffalo Soldiers

Pre-chorus 2

C

G/B

But we struggling, fighting to eat

Am

G

And we wondering when we'll be free

Fmaj7

Em7

So we patiently wait for that fateful day

Dm7

G

It's not far away, but for now we say

Chorus 3

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

Chorus 4
And then it goes
C C 
 
F F 
 
When I get older, I  will be stronger
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
G G 
 
And then it goes back

Bridge 1
And then it goes
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
Em Em 
 
Dm Dm 
 
And then it goes
G G 
 
C C 
 
And everybody will will be singing it
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
And you and I     will be singing it
G G 
 
F F 
 
And we all will be singing it
Em Em 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
Oh, oh, oh

Chorus 5

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

Chorus 6
And then it goes
C C 
 
F F 
 
When I get older, I  will be stronger
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
G G 
 
And then it goes back, oh

Outro 1
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
When  I get older, when I get older
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Em7 Em7 
 
Dm7 Dm7 
 
I     will be stronger
F/G F/G 
 
C C 
 
just  like a wavin' flag
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
Just  like a wavin' flag,
G G 
 
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 
 
Just like a wavin' flag
Em7 Em7 
 
Dm7 Dm7 
 
F/G F/G 
 
C C 
 
Flag, flag, just  like a wavin' flag

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsC F Am G Em...

Chords

C
F
Am
G
Em
Dm
G/B
Fmaj7
Em7
Dm7
F/G

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3
Fmaj7: x-x-3-2-1-0
Em7: 0-2-2-0-3-0
Dm7: x-x-0-2-1-1
F/G: 3-x-3-2-1-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of Wavin' Flag by K'NAAN, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of K'NAAN's performance.

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