Biko Drum - Christy Moore


(1)      G (320003@1)    And they went home on an Easter Road
          C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)    On a silent night tryin' not to show
     C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)    Who goes where and who goes when
              F (133211@1)                                 G (320003@1)    Thinkin' some day soon they'll get it back again

(2)           G (320003@1)    From the ghetto in Capetown to dig the gold
     C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)    Little Boy Blue can't be sold
     C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)    Under tin roof and a plastic wall
              F (133211@1)                                   G (320003@1)    Thinkin' some day soon we're goin' to leave it all

(chorus)     C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)    And the Renegades sing all the renegades songs
             a (x02210@1)                        D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)  
     And the ones who know hope they're doin' wrong
         F (133211@1)    The blacks and the coloureds play
              G (320003@1)     The Biko Drum
         F (133211@1)    The blacks and the coloureds play
         G (320003@1)  a (x02210@1)     The Biko Drum
     F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)
     Listen to the Biko Drum

(3)  G (320003@1)
     Transvaal kids on a Transvaal day
     C (x32010@1)                            G (320003@1)    Little by little they show the way
          C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)    To a city of dreams and solid ground
              F (133211@1)                              G (320003@1)    Thinkin' some day soon we're gonna come around


(4)  G
     Steve he's livin' in a prison cell
     C (x32010@1)                                       G (320003@1)    All the friends that know hope he's doin' well
          C (x32010@1)                     D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)    Down here they listen to the Biko Drum
          F (133211@1)                              G (320003@1)    Down here they listen to the songs he sung

(chorus)

(5)  G
     Nelson listen to the people sing
     C (x32010@1)                         G (320003@1)    Nelson Mandela the people's king
     C (x32010@1)                    D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)    Twenty-five years in a white man's jail
     F (133211@1)                                    G (320003@1)    Twenty-five years we couldn't make him say

(chorus)

(outro - play 2x)
     F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)
     Listen to the Biko Drum
     F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)
               the Biko Drum
     F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)
     Listen to the Biko Drum
     F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)