INTRO: [over VERSE]

VERSE 1:
Well Jo'-[Db]-anna she runs a [Gb] country
She runs in [Db] Durban and the Trans-[G#]-vaal
She makes a [Db] few of her people [Gb] happy, oh
She don't [Db] care about the ^[G#] rest at [Db] all

VERSE 2:
She's got a [Db] system they call a-[Gb]-partheid
It keeps a [Db] brother in a subject-[G#]-ion
But maybe [Db] pressure can make Jo'-[Gb]-anna see
How every-[Db]-body could a ^[G#] live as [Db] one

CHORUS:
Gimme [Db] hope Jo'anna, [Gb] hope Jo'anna
Gimme [Db] hope Jo'anna, before the [G#] morning come
Gimme [Db] hope Jo'anna, [Gb] hope Jo'anna
[Db] Hope before the ^[G#] morning [Db] come

VERSE 3:
I hear she [Db] make all the golden [Gb] money
To buy new [Db] weapons, any shape of [G#] guns
While every [Db] mother in black So-[Gb]-weto fears
The [Db] killing of an-^[G#]-other [Db] son

VERSE 4:
Sneakin' a-[Db]-cross all the neighbours [Gb] borders
Now and a-[Db]-gain having little [G#] fun
She doesn't [Db] care if the fun and [Gb] games she play
Is [Db] dang'rous to ^[G#] ev'ry-[Db]-one

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

VERSE 5:
She's got sup-[Db]-porters in high up [Gb] places
Who turn their [Db] heads to the city [G#] sun
Jo'anna give them the fancy [Gb] money
Oh to [Db] tempt any-^[G#]-one who'd [Db] come

VERSE 6:
She even [Db] knows how to swing opin-[Gb]-ion
In every [Db] magazine and the [G#] journals
For every [Db] bad move that this [Gb] Jo'anna makes
They got a [Db] good expla-^[G#]-nation [Db]

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VERSE 7:
Even the [Db] preacher who works for [Gb] Jesus
The Arch-[Db]-bishop who's a peaceful [G#] man
Together [Db] say that the freedom [Gb] fighters
Will [Db] overcome the ^[G#] very [Db] strong

VERSE 8:
I wanna [Db] know if you're blind Jo'-[Gb]-anna
If you wanna [Db] hear the sound of [G#] drums
Can't you [Db] see that the tide is [Gb] turning
Oh don't make me [Db] wait till the ^[G#] morning [Db] come

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]