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

INTRO: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

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

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]