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

INTRO: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

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

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]