Chords for Young Artists For Haiti - Wavin' Flag

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[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] It started out [F] as my song, but then [Am] it became [G] their song, all of these artists' [C] songs.
And now it's really [F] going to be [Am] Hades' song.
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[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] When [G] came the [Am] carnage, threatening my very [G] survival.
[F] Fractured my streets [Em] and broke all my dreams.
[Dm] Now feels like defeat, [G] a wretched retreat.
So [C] we're struggling, [G] fighting to eat.
And [Am] we're wondering [G] if we'll be free.
[F] We cannot wait [C] for some fateful day.
[F] It's too far away, [G] so right now I say.
[C] When I get older, [F] I will be stronger.
[Am] They'll call me freedom, [G] just like a waving [C] flag.
And then it [F] goes back, and then it [Am] goes back, and then it [G] goes back.
Whoa, [C] oh.
So many wars, [G] settled in [Am] scores.
All that we've been through, [G] and now there is more.
[F] I hear them say, [C] love is the way.
[Dm] Love is the [G] answer, that's what they say.
[C] But we're not just [Bm] dreamers, a broken down [Am] dreamer.
Our hand will reach [G] us, and we will see.
[F] This can't control [Em] us, no, it can't hold [Dm] us down.
We gon' [G] pick it up, [C] even though we still Struggling.
[G] Nom de la survie.
[Am] And we're wondering.
[G] Battant pour nos vies.
[F] We patiently wait [C] for some other day.
[F] That's too far away, [G] so right now I say.
[C] When I get older, [F] I will be [Am] stronger.
They'll call me [G] freedom, just like a waving [C] flag.
And then it [F] goes back, and then it [Am] goes back, and then it [G] goes back.
Whoa, oh.
[C] When I get [F] older, I will be stronger.
[Am] They'll call me [G] freedom, just like a waving [C] flag.
And then it [F] goes back, and then it [Am] goes back, and then it [G] goes back.
[C] When the media stop [G] covering and there's
a little help from the government.
[Am] We forget about the people still struggling
[G] and assume that it's really all done [F] again.
See, you don't [Em] have to wait for things to break [Dm] apart.
If you weren't involved [G] before, it's never [C] too late to start.
You probably think [G] that it's too far to even have [Am] to care.
Well, take a look at [G] where you live.
What if it happened [F] there?
You have to know [C] the urge to make a change lies [Dm] within.
And we can be the reason [G] that they see their flag rise [C] again.
When I get [F] older, I will be stronger.
[Am] They'll call me [G] freedom just like a waving [C] flag.
And then it [F] goes back, and then it [Am] goes back, and then it [G] goes back.
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[G] They'll be stronger [Bm] than [A] freedom just like a [D] waving flag. _
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[G] When I get [Bm] older, [A] when I get [D] older,
[G] I will be [Bm] stronger [A] just like a [D] waving flag.
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