Chords for Al Jarreau - Jacaranda Boungainvillea

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_ _ _ _ _ Oh [C] what a [D] dream, [Em] oh what a story, [C] don't have to [D] weep, [Ebm] come and enjoy [Em] us on our [C] opening scene.
[D] It's [Em] just like a dream, _ [C] here's a story [D] in [G] rhythm and rhyme.
[C] There is a tree [D] on the street [Em] and in the forest, [C] lavender tree, [D] _ [G] whispered a [Em] poet, [C] bright mulberry,
[D] the [Em] envy of orchids, [C] when it's dressed [D] in a pink and [Em] fuchsia twine.
Jack [C] around the tree [D] and in the [G] mead you find, _ [D] oh Mandela, [C] that garden that you made, [Eb] it's
a vision of the prayer you [D] must have been praying every day.
Sweet house of yours, [Dm] that will be called of every kind, [Bb] and the first and the [C] last
are all [A] divine.
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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ There [C] is a dream [D] of the tree [Em] and of the flowers, [C] there is a season [D] of peace [Em] at the [Db] border,
like [C] when we're redeemed, [D] and [Em] history will crown [C] us.
Jack around the tree [D] and in the mead [C] we [G] love. _
[D] Oh Mandela, _ [Em] would you say that it's alright, [Eb] when the children [Cm] play they always [G] say, they
say that we were like [D] Cinderella, _ _ in your garden [F] there's a shrine, [Bb] and the first and
the last, they [Eb] are all divine.
_ [C] _ _ [Cm] One [Gm] and all, the big and small, a [F] common _ bird, [G] each and every child, [Bb] all his word, [Eb] take the
world through some of his laughter, and make him [Gm] thirst, [E] take these [Gm] seeds, [A] take the earth. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] SINGING
Coming _ _
[D] along, _ [Em] oh what a long way we have come.
[Cm] Coming along, [D] making a home for everyone.
Coming along, _ [C] way down South in Africa, [Eb] look at the jackdaw on that tree,
[D] Mugging the boog and beegy up, [E] coming [Gm] along, _ [C] what a long way we gotta come,
[Eb] Coming along, _ [D] making a home for the men and women,
Coming along, _ [Em] way down South in Africa, [Eb] study the jackdaw on that tree,
[D] Mugging the boog and beegy up, [F] coming along, [C] _ what a long way we gotta come,
[Eb] Coming along, _ [D] making a home for everyone, [G] coming along,
[C] Way down South in Africa, [Eb] look at the jackdaw on that tree,
[D] Mugging the boog and [E] beegy up, [F] coming along, _ [Em] what a long way we gotta come, _
[Eb] _ Coming along, [G] making a home for everyone, coming [Dm] [Gm] along,
_ [C] Way down South in Africa, study [Cm] the jackdaw [Eb] on that tree,
[D] Mugging the boog and [G] beegy up, [F] coming along, what [Em] a long way we gotta come,
[Eb] Coming along, _ [D] making a home for everyone, [F] coming along,
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