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

INTRO: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

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

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]