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

INTRO: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

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

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]