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

INTRO: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

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

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]