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

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

CHORUS:
Gimme [F] hope Jo'anna, [Bb] hope Jo'anna
Gimme [F] hope Jo'anna, before the [C] morning come
Gimme [F] hope Jo'anna, [Bb] hope Jo'anna
[F] Hope before the ^[C] morning [F] come

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

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

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

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

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

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

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