Eddy Grant, Gimme hope, Jo'anna (1988)
^{Key: :[E] (w: Eddy Grant)}

INTRO: [over VERSE]

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

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

CHORUS:
Gimme [E] hope Jo'anna, [A] hope Jo'anna
Gimme [E] hope Jo'anna, before the [B] morning come
Gimme [E] hope Jo'anna, [A] hope Jo'anna
[E] Hope before the ^[B] morning [E] come

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

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

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

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

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