Tabbed by: HEMA90
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: A5 D5 A5 E5 A5 D5 A. E. A5
A5 D5
Well Jo'anna she runs a country
A5 E5
She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
A5 D5
She makes a few of her people happy, oh
A. E. A5
She don't care about the rest at all
A5 D5
She's got a system they call apartheid
A5 E5
It keeps a brother in a subjection
A5 D5
But maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see
A. E. A5
How everybody could a live as one
[chorus:]
A5 D5
Gimme hope, Jo'anna; Hope, Jo'anna
A5 E5
Gimme hope, Jo'anna; 'Fore the morning come
A5 D5
Gimme hope, Jo'anna; Hope, Jo'anna
A. E. A5
Hope before the morning come
A5 D5
I hear she makes all the golden money
A5 E5
To buy new weapons, any shape of guns
A5 D5
While every mother in a black Soweto fears
A. E. A5
The killing of another son
A5 D5
Sneakin' across all the neighbours' borders
A5 E5
Now and again having little fun
A5 D5
She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
A. E. A5
Is dang'rous to ev'ryone
[chorus]
[interlude: repeat intro]
A5 D5
She's got supporters in high up places
A5 E5
Who turn their heads to the city sun
A5 D5
Jo'anna give them the fancy money
A. E. A5
Oh to tempt anyone who'd come
A5 D5
She even knows how to swing opinion
A5 E5
In every magazine and the journals
A5 D5
For every bad move that this Jo'anna make -
A. E. A5
They got a good explana-tion
[chorus]
A5 D5
Even the preacher who works for Jesus
A5 E5
The Archbishop who's a peaceful man
A5 D5
Together say that the freedom fighters
A. E. A5
Will overcome the very strong
A5 D5
I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna
A5 E5
If you wanna hear the sound of drums
A5 D5
Can't you see that the tide is turning -
A. E. A5
Oh don't make me wait till the morning come
[chorus x2]