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

INTRO: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

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

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]