CF
When I get older, I will be stronger,
AmGC
They'll call me freedom, just like a Wavin' Flag
(Verse 1):
CEm7
Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
AmG
but violence prone, poor people zone,
FEm
But it's my home, all I have known,
DmFG
Where I got grown, streets we would roam.
CEm7
But out of the darkness, I came the farthest,
AmG
Among the hardest survival.
FEm
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak,
DmG
Except no defeat, surrender retreat,
CEm7
So we struggling, fighting to eat and
AmG
We wondering when we'll be free,
FEm
So we patiently wait, for that fateful day,
DmG
It's not far away, so for now we say
ChorusCF
When I get older, I will be stronger,
AmGC
They'll call me freedom, just like a Wavin' flag
FAm
And then it goes back, and then it goes back,
AmG
And then it goes back, and then it goes
CF
When I get older, I will be stronger,
AmGC
They'll call me freedom, just like a Wavin' flag
FAm
And then it goes back, and then it goes back,
G
And then it goes back oh oh oh
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,
ChorusCEm7AmGFEmDm
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
G
And everybody will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
CEm7Am
And you and I will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
GF
And we all will be singing it
EmDmG
(Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh)
Chorus 2x
(Coda):
CEm7AmG
When I get older, when I get older
FEmDmGC
When I get older, just like a Waving Flag,
Em7AmGF
Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving Flag
EmDmGG
Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.