• Song:

    Dela

  • Artist:

    Johnny Clegg

  • Album:

    The Very Best Of

Johnny Clegg - DELA
original lyrics: http://www.johnnyclegg.com/lyrics/ccbw.html#4

Intro: D A G D  (4x)

D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1) One day I looked up and there you were
D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1) Like a simple question looking for an answer
D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1) Now I am a whale listening to some inner call
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)Swimming blindly to throw myself upon your shores
    D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)        DBut (xx0232@1)what if I don't find you when I-- have landed
D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1) Would you leave me here to die on your shore stranded?
|*   D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)*|
|* I think I know why the dog howls at the moon     *| 2x

Pre-chorus:
       D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)      D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)      DI (xx0232@1)say: De--la! De--la! Ngiyade--la!  When I'm with you!
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)         D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)      DDe--la! (xx0232@1)Sonde--la mama! sonde--la  I burn for you!

Chorus:
D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1) I've been waiting for you all my life   hoping for a miracle
D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)        DI've (xx0232@1)been waiting day and night, day and night
D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)             Bm (x24432@1) I've been waiting for you all my life   waiting for redemption
D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)        DI've (xx0232@1)been waiting day and night   I burn for you

Intro (2x)

D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)             DA (xx0232@1)blind bird sings inside the cage that is my heart
    D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)            DThe (xx0232@1)image of your face comes to me when I'm alone in the dark
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1) If I could give a shape to this ache that I have for you
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                 G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1) If I could find the voice that says the words that capture you
|* D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)  *|
|*   I think I know,   I think I know *| 2x
|*   D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)  D*| (xx0232@1)|* I think I know why the dog howls at the moon   *| 2x

Pre-chorus
Chorus

Intro (4x)

Pre-chorus (only second half)
Chorus (repeat and fade)

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