Wavinflag    (video)

 

      C - F - Am - G

    Ooh…..              (2x)

 

    C                                - F

1.     Give me freedom,          give me fire,

Am                          - G

    give me reason,           take me higher.

C                                   - F

    See the champions,         take the field now,

Am                       - G

    you define us,          make us feel proud.

 

  C                            - F                         - Am                       - G

2.  In the streets our      heads are lifting,    as we lose our       inhibition,

C                     - F                      - Am                    - G

    celebration       is around us,        every nation,       all around us.

 

     C                        F                    Am                                G

    Singing forever young, singing songs underneath that sun,

               C                                F

    let’s rejoice in the beautiful game,

               Am                                 G

    and together at the end of the day we all say :

 

     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, and then it goes.

 

                                            C - F - Am - G

+ repeat CHORUS        +  Ooh…..               (2x)

 

    C                                 - F

3.     Give you freedom,          give you fire,

Am                           - G

    give you reason,           take you higher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C                                   - F

    See the champions,         take the field now,

Am                       - G

    you define us,          make us feel proud.            + repeat verse 2

 

     C                        F                    Am                                G

    Singing forever young, singing songs underneath that sun,

               C                                F

    let’s rejoice in the beautiful game,

               Am                                 G

    and together at the end of the day we all say :

 

     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, and then it goes.

 

                                            C - F - Am - G

+  repeat CHORUS        +  Ooh…..               (2x)

 

+  We all sing :      +  CHORUS (2x)

 

     C - F - Am                   G

+  Ooh.....       and everybody will be singing it !

     C - F - Am               G                                - C

    Ooh.....       and we all will be singing it !

 

    (K’naan)