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

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

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

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

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

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]