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Gimme Hope Joanna - Eddy Grant

[Intro]
A D A D
A D A E A
 
[Verse 1]
A                        D
 Well Jo'anna she runs a  country
               A                E
She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
            A                  D       Dm
She makes a  few of her people  happy,  oh
          A               E        A
She don't  care about the  rest at  all
 
[Verse 2]
            A                     D
She's got a  system they call apartheid
           A                E
It keeps a  brother in a subjection
              A                D    Dm
But maybe pressure can make Jo'anna  see
         A            E        A     E
How everybody could a  live as  one,  oh
 
|[Chorus]
|(A) Gimme hope, Jo'anna, (D) Hope, Jo'anna
|Gimme (A) hope, Jo'anna, 'Fore the mor(E)ning come
|Gimme (A) hope, Jo'anna, (D) Hope, Jo'anna
|(A) Hope before the (E) morning (A) come
 
[Verse 3]
           A                     D
I hear she  makes all the golden  money
           A                      E
To buy new  weapons, any shape of  guns
            A                  D    Dm
While every  mother in black Soweto  fears
    A              E    A
The  killing of another  son
 
[Verse 4]
         A                          D
Sneakin'  across all the neighbors'  borders
        A                    E
Now and  again having little  fun
            A                    D          Dm
She doesn't  care if the fun and  games she  play
   A             E     A    E
is  dang'rous to  ev'ryone,  oh
 
[Chorus]
 
[Verse 5]
            A                   D
She's got supporters in high up  places
               A                  E
Who turn their  heads to the city  sun
        A                    D       Dm
Jo'anna  give them the fancy  money,  oh
   A         E         A
to  tempt anyone who'd  come
 
[Verse 6]
         A                   D
She even  knows how to swing  opinion
         A                     E
In every  magazine and the journals
          A                   D        Dm
For every  bad move that this  Jo'anna  makes
           A        E  A      E
They got a  good explanation,  oh
 
[Chorus]
 
[Verse 7]
         A                       D
Even the  preacher who works for  Jesus
        A                       E
The Archbishop who's a peaceful  man
         A                     D         Dm
Together  say that the freedom  fighters  will
A             E        A
 overcome the  very strong
 
[Verse 8]
          A                     D
I want to  know if you're blind  Jo'anna
       A                          E
If you  want to hear the sound of  drums
          A                     D         Dm
Can't you  see that the tide is  turning,  oh
              A              E        A      E
don't make me  wait till the  morning  come,  oh
 
[Outro]
(A) Gimme hope, Jo'anna, (D) Hope, Jo'anna
Gimme (A) hope, Jo'anna, 'Fore the mor(E)ning come
Gimme (A) hope, Jo'anna, (D) Hope, Jo'anna
(A) Hope before the (E) morning (A) come

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