Eddy Grant

Gimme Hope Joanna Ukulele Chords

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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: C F C G | C F C. G. C

        C               F
Well Jo'anna she runs a country
            C              G
She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
            C                 F
She makes a few of her people happy, oh
          C.             G.      C
She don't care about the rest at all

            C                F
She's got a system they call apartheid
           C                  G
It keeps a brother in a subjection
          C                    F
But maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see
    C.                G.      C
How everybody could a live as one


[chorus:]
      C             F
Gimme hope, Jo'anna; Hope, Jo'anna
      C                        G
Gimme hope, Jo'anna; 'Fore the morning come
      C             F
Gimme hope, Jo'anna; Hope, Jo'anna
C.              G.      C
Hope before the morning come


           C                    F  
I hear she makes all the golden money
           C                     G
To buy new weapons, any shape of guns
            C                   F  
While every mother in a black Soweto fears
    C.          G.     C
The killing of another son

          C                         F
Sneakin' across all the neighbours' borders
         C                  G
Now and again having little fun
            C                   F
She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
        C.      G.   C
Is dang'rous to ev'ryone


[chorus]

[interlude: repeat intro]

             C                  F
She's got supporters in high up places
               C                 G
Who turn their heads to the city sun
        C                   F
Jo'anna give them the fancy money
      C.       G.        C
Oh to tempt anyone who'd come

         C                   F
She even knows how to swing opinion
         C                    G
In every magazine and the journals
          C                     F
For every bad move that this Jo'anna make -
           C.        G.  C
They got a good explana-tion


[chorus]

         C                      F
Even the preacher who works for Jesus
        C                       G
The Archbishop who's a peaceful man
         C                    F
Together say that the freedom fighters
     C.           G.   C
Will overcome the very strong

        C                       F
I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna
       C                       G
If you wanna hear the sound of drums
          C                    F
Can't you see that the tide is turning -
                 C.            G.      C
Oh don't make me wait till the morning come

[chorus x2]