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Gimme Hope Jo'anna - Eddy Grant
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Tabbed by: HEMA90
E-mail: hema90@gmail.com
Tuning: standard (eBGDAE)
CAPO 1st fret
The other version is pretty much spot on, but stops halfway through, so I made
this one. Chords marked with a dot (.) are for half a bar only.
Intro: A D A E | A D A. E. A
A (x02220@1) DWell (xx0232@1)Jo'anna she runs a country
A (x02220@1) EShe (022100@1)runs in Durban and the Transvaal
A (x02220@1) DShe (xx0232@1)makes a few of her people happy, oh
A. E. AShe (x02220@1)don't care about the rest at all
A (x02220@1) DShe's (xx0232@1)got a system they call apartheid
A (x02220@1) EIt (022100@1)keeps a brother in a subjection
A (x02220@1) DBut (xx0232@1)maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see
A. E. AHow (x02220@1)everybody could a live as one
[chorus:]
A (x02220@1) DGimme (xx0232@1)hope, Jo'anna; Hope, Jo'anna
A (x02220@1) EGimme (022100@1)hope, Jo'anna; 'Fore the morning come
A (x02220@1) DGimme (xx0232@1)hope, Jo'anna; Hope, Jo'anna
A. E. AHope (x02220@1)before the morning come
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)
I hear she makes all the golden money
A (x02220@1) ETo (022100@1)buy new weapons, any shape of guns
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)
While every mother in a black Soweto fears
A. E. AThe (x02220@1)killing of another son
A (x02220@1) DSneakin' (xx0232@1)across all the neighbours' borders
A (x02220@1) ENow (022100@1)and again having little fun
A (x02220@1) DShe (xx0232@1)doesn't care if the fun and games she play
A. E. AIs (x02220@1)dang'rous to ev'ryone
[chorus]
[interlude: repeat intro]
A (x02220@1) DShe's (xx0232@1)got supporters in high up places
A (x02220@1) EWho (022100@1)turn their heads to the city sun
A (x02220@1) DJo'anna (xx0232@1)give them the fancy money
A. E. AOh (x02220@1)to tempt anyone who'd come
A (x02220@1) DShe (xx0232@1)even knows how to swing opinion
A (x02220@1) EIn (022100@1)every magazine and the journals
A (x02220@1) DFor (xx0232@1)every bad move that this Jo'anna make -
A. E. AThey (x02220@1)got a good explana-tion
[chorus]
A (x02220@1) DEven (xx0232@1)the preacher who works for Jesus
A (x02220@1) EThe (022100@1)Archbishop who's a peaceful man
A (x02220@1) DTogether (xx0232@1)say that the freedom fighters
A. E. AWill (x02220@1)overcome the very strong
A (x02220@1) DI (xx0232@1)wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna
A (x02220@1) EIf (022100@1)you wanna hear the sound of drums
A (x02220@1) DCan't (xx0232@1)you see that the tide is turning -
A. E. AOh (x02220@1)don't make me wait till the morning come
[chorus x2]
