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

INTRO: [over VERSE]

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

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

CHORUS:
Gimme [Bb] hope Jo'anna, [Eb] hope Jo'anna
Gimme [Bb] hope Jo'anna, before the [F] morning come
Gimme [Bb] hope Jo'anna, [Eb] hope Jo'anna
[Bb] Hope before the ^[F] morning [Bb] come

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

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

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]