Eddy Grant – Gimme Hope Joanna chords

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------                             Gimme Hope Jo'anna - Eddy Grant-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tabbed by: HEMA90E-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               DWell Jo'anna she runs a country
            A              EShe runs in Durban and the Transvaal
            A                 DShe makes a few of her people happy, oh
          A.             E.      AShe don't care about the rest at all

            A                DShe's got a system they call apartheid
           A                  EIt keeps a brother in a subjection
          A                    DBut maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see
    A.                E.      AHow everybody could a live as one


[chorus:]
      A             DGimme hope, Jo'anna; Hope, Jo'anna
      A                        EGimme hope, Jo'anna; 'Fore the morning come
      A             DGimme hope, Jo'anna; Hope, Jo'anna
A.              E.      AHope before the morning come


           A                    D  I hear she makes all the golden money
           A                     ETo buy new weapons, any shape of guns
            A                   D  While every mother in a black Soweto fears
    A.          E.     AThe killing of another son

          A                         DSneakin' across all the neighbours' borders
         A                  ENow and again having little fun
            A                   DShe doesn't care if the fun and games she play
        A.      E.   AIs dang'rous to ev'ryone


[chorus]

[interlude: repeat intro]

             A                  DShe's got supporters in high up places
               A                 EWho turn their heads to the city sun
        A                   DJo'anna give them the fancy money
      A.       E.        AOh to tempt anyone who'd come

         A                   DShe even knows how to swing opinion
         A                    EIn every magazine and the journals
          A                     DFor every bad move that this Jo'anna make -
           A.        E.  AThey got a good explana-tion


[chorus]

         A                      DEven the preacher who works for Jesus
        A                       EThe Archbishop who's a peaceful man
         A                    DTogether say that the freedom fighters
     A.           E.   AWill overcome the very strong

        A                       DI wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna
       A                       EIf you wanna hear the sound of drums
          A                    DCan't you see that the tide is turning -
                 A.            E.      AOh don't make me wait till the morning come

[chorus x2]