Eddy Grant, Gimme hope, Jo'anna (1988)
Key: :[D] (w: Eddy Grant)
INTRO: [over VERSE]
VERSE 1:
Well Jo'-
[D]-anna she runs a
[G] country
She runs in
[D] Durban and the Trans-
[A]-vaal
She makes a
[D] few of her people
[G] happy, oh
She don't
[D] care about the ^
[A] rest at
[D] all
VERSE 2:
She's got a
[D] system they call a-
[G]-partheid
It keeps a
[D] brother in a subject-
[A]-ion
But maybe
[D] pressure can make Jo'-
[G]-anna see
How every-
[D]-body could a ^
[A] live as
[D] one
CHORUS:
Gimme
[D] hope Jo'anna,
[G] hope Jo'anna
Gimme
[D] hope Jo'anna, before the
[A] morning come
Gimme
[D] hope Jo'anna,
[G] hope Jo'anna
[D] Hope before the ^
[A] morning
[D] come
VERSE 3:
I hear she
[D] make all the golden
[G] money
To buy new
[D] weapons, any shape of
[A] guns
While every
[D] mother in black So-
[G]-weto fears
The
[D] killing of an-^
[A]-other
[D] son
VERSE 4:
Sneakin' a-
[D]-cross all the neighbours
[G] borders
Now and a-
[D]-gain having little
[A] fun
She doesn't
[D] care if the fun and
[G] games she play
Is
[D] dang'rous to ^
[A] ev'ry-
[D]-one
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 5:
She's got sup-
[D]-porters in high up
[G] places
Who turn their
[D] heads to the city
[A] sun
Jo'anna give them the fancy
[G] money
Oh to
[D] tempt any-^
[A]-one who'd
[D] come
