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

INTRO: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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