[Intro]
C                F
When I get older I will be
         Am                     G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a wavin' flag


[Chorus]

The chorus riff goes something like:

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D|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|
A|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|
E|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|

C                F
when I get older I will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a wavin' flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)


[Verse]
C
born to a throne
G
stronger than Rome
Am
but violent prone
G
poor people zone
F
but it's my home
C
all I have known
F
where I got grown
G
streets we would roam

C
out of the darkness
G
I came the farthest
Am                G
among the hardest survivin'
F
learn from these streets
C
it can be bleak
F
accept no defeet
G
surrender retreat
       C           G
(so we struggling) fighting to eat
        Am         G
(and we wondering) when we will be free
      F
so we patiently wait
    C
for that fateful day
     F
it's not far away
    G
but for now we say


[Chorus]

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G|----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|
D|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|
A|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|
E|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|

C                F
when I get older I will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a wavin' flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)


[Verse]

C
so many wars
G
settling scores
Am
bring us promises
G
leaving us poor
F
I heard them say
C
love is the way
F
love is the answer
G
that's what they say

    C
but look how they treat us
G
make us believers
Am
we fight their battles
G
then they deceive us
F
try to control us
C
they couldn't hold us
F
'cause we just move forward
G
like buffalo soldiers
        C           G
(but we strugglin') fighting to eat
        Am         G
(and we wondering) when we will be free
      F
so we patiently wait
    C
for that faithfully day
     F
it's not far away
    G
but for now we say


[Chorus]

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B|------------------------10------10----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|
D|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|
A|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|
E|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|

C                F
when I get older I will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a wavin' flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)

C                F
when I get older I will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a wavin' flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)


[Bridge]

(Same chords for verses)
and everybody will be singing it
and you and I will be singing it
and we all will be singing it
wo wah wo ah wo ah


[Chorus]

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B|------------------------10------10----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------10------10----------9--------9--------7------7------|
D|-------10------10----7-------7------7-7-10---7-7-10--------9------9-------|
A|---7-10----7-10----8-------8--------------------------10-10--10-10--------|
E|-8--------8---------------------------------------------------------------|

C                F
when I get older I will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a wavin' flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)

C                F
when I get older I will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a wavin' flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)

C                F
when I get older I will be
         Am                      G
stronger they'll call me freedom just
              C
like a wavin' flag
                 F
and then it goes back
                 Am
and then it goes back
                 G
and then it goes back
(ahhho ahhho ahhho)