Waving Flag

avril lavigne feat . other canadian artists such as
k’naan , nelly furtado , sam roberts , pierre bouvier , tyler connolly , kardinal offishall , jully

black , lights , deryck whibley , serena ryder , jacob hoggard , emily haines , hawksley workman ,

drake , chin injeti , ima , pierre lapointe , elisapie isaac , esthero , corb lund , fefe dobson , nikki

yanofsky , matt mays , justin nozuka , mad child and justin bieber .
arkells , lamar ashe , broken social scene , torquil campbell , canadian tenors , aion clarke , city

and colour , tom cochrane , jim cuddy , jim creeggan , kathleen edwards , dave faber , jessie farrell ,

colin james , pat kordyback , brandon lehti , colin macdonald , jay malinowski , stacey mckitrick ,

suzie mcneil , stephan moccio , kevin parent , josh ramsay , red 1 , hayley sales , james shaw and

shiloh .

waving flag
young artists for haiti
2010

here’s the video link if you want to watch

key : C then D

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
C – x32010
G/B – x2x033
Am – x02210
G – 320003
F – 133211
C/E – 032
xxxdm – xx0231
D – xx0232
Bm – x24432
A – x02220

intro : C – F – Am – G –

k’naan speaks
C F
it started out as my song
Am G
but then it became their song
C
all of these artists’ song
F Am G
and it’s going to be haiti’s song

chorus 1 :
C
when i get older
F
i will be stronger
Am
they’ll call me freedom
G
just like a waving flag

verse 1 :

k’naan :
C G/B
born to a throne older than rome
Am G
a violent prone poor people zone

nelly furtado :
F C/E
but it’s my home all i have known

sam roberts :
Dm G
where i got grown but now it’s gone

avril lavigne :
C G/B
out of the darkness and came it card fest
Am G
threatening my buried survival

pierre bouvier
F C/E
fractured from streets and broke all my dreams

tyler connolly :
Dm G
now feels like defeat , don’t red should retreat ,

refrain 1 :
C G/B
so we struggling fighting to eat and
Am G
we wondering when we’ll be free
F C/E
we cannot wait for some fateful day
Dm G
it’s too far away so right 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 waving flag
F Am
and then it goes back and then it goes back
G
and then it goes back oh oh oh

verse 2 :

lights :
C G/B
so many wars settling scores ,

deryck whibley :
Am G
all out we’ve been through and now there is more

serena ryder :
F C/E
i heard them say love is the way

jacob hoggard :
Dm G
love is the answer that’s what they say

emily haines :
C G/B
but we’re not just dreamers of broken down river

hawksley workman :
Am G
how can we reach us if they’re – – – too routine far

drake :
F C/E Dm
this can’t control us no they couldn’t hold us down

chin injeti :
G
we may pick it up even though we’re still

refrain 2 :
C G/B
so we struggling no folder i should eat
Am G
we wondering but tounge for redeem
F C/E
we patiently wait for some other day
Dm G
it’s too far away so right now we say

( repeat chorus 2 twice )

bridge :

canadian rapper named mad child :
C
how can do the media stop covering
G/B
it’s little help from the government
Am
we forget about the people who is struggling
G
i’m so nevrous and awful now and then and
F C/E
no see we don’t have to wait for things
Dm
to break apart if you weren’t involve
G
before it’s not too late to start
C
you probably think that it’s
G/B
too far to even have to care
Am G
well take a look the way you lived
what if it happened there
F C/E
you have to know that urge to make
Dm
a change lives but then we can be
G
a reason that they see the blacks rise again

( repeat chorus 2 sang by stacey mckitrick )

chorus 3 : modulate from C to D
D G
when i get older i will be stronger
Bm A D
they’ll call me freedom , just like a waving flag
G Bm
and then it goes back and then it goes back
A
and then it goes back oh oh oh
( repeat )

outro :

justin bieber :
D G
when i get older
Bm A
when i get older
D G
i will be stronger
Bm A D ( hold )
just like the waving flag