Chords for Eddy Grant and Kurt Darren - Gimme Hope Jo'anna

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_ _ [Eb] I want to see [Bb] how everybody [F] could give [Bb] us what we want.
Give me hope, so I [Eb] can hope.
_ So I can [Bb] give it all, so I can [F] hold it, hold it.
[Bb] Give me hope, so I can [Eb] give it all, so I [Bb] can hold it, hold it.
_ I used to make all that gold [Eb] and money
to [Bb] buy the weapon and the shape [F] of gun.
Well, [Bb] I've been wondering at last [Eb] over the years,
[Bb] the killing of another son.
_ Speaking across all the [Eb] neighbor's borders,
now [Bb] and again having little [Dm] fun.
She [Bb] was a careerful boy,
[Eb] yet she plays [Bb] as dangerous to [Gm] everyone.
_ _ Give [Bb] me hope, so I [Eb] can give it all, so I can give [Bb] it all, so [G] I can hold it, hold it.
_ [Bb] Give me hope, so I can [Eb] give it all, so I can hold it, hold it.
_ _ _ She got the thought of a thousand higher places
_ who turn their heads to the city [F] sun.
So when [Bb] I give them the fancy [Eb] money,
_ [Bb] just tell me what you got.
_ She even knows how to swing up [Eb] in ya.
They bought [Bb] a magazine and a [Dm] journal
_ for every [Bb] bad move that a [Eb] jovanna _ makes.
[Bb] You need [F] explanation.
[Bb] _ _ Give me hope, so I can give [Eb] it all, so I can give it all, so I can hold it, [F] hold it.
Give [Gm] me hope, so I [Eb] can give it all, so I can [Bb] hold it, hold it.
_ _ Even the preacher who works for [Eb] Jesus,
he [Bb] asked Bishop who's a peaceful [F] man,
_ [Bb] together say that the freedom [Eb] fight
that will [Bb]
overcome the terrorist strong.
I wanna know if you're blind, [Eb] Joanna,
_ [Bb] if you wanna hear the sound [F] of drum,
_ [Bb] can't you see that the tide [Eb] is turning?
Don't [Bb] make me wait till the morning.
_ _ Give me hope, so I can [Eb] give it all, so I can give it all, [G] so I can hold it, hold it.
Give [Bb] me hope, so I can give [Eb] it all, so I [Bb] can hold [F] it, hold [Bb] it.
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Well, Joanna, she runs the [Eb] country.
She [Bb] runs in Durban and the _ [F] Tiraswala.
She [Bb] makes a few of her people [Eb] happy.
Oh, she [Bb] don't care about the rest at all.
She got a system they call [Eb] a_ Relax! _
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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] I'm gonna sing with you, alright?
_ _ _ [Eb] Relax, _ _ [Bb] relax, _ _ [F] relax.
_ Everybody [Bb] alright?
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Everybody over [Bb] here alright?
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ Everybody out front alright?
_ _ [Eb] _ _ Well, then [Bb] everybody in the back is alright?
_ [F] _ Well, we're all gonna [Bb] sing together tonight for Madiba.
[Eb] _ _ He couldn't [Bb] come on down up front, he's in the back.
And I'm sure he's gonna be singing with us now.
[Eb] I wanna hear you.
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_ Gently, [F] gently.
_ _ [Bb] Gently, gently.
_ _ [Eb] Gently, gently.
[Bb] Well, _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Joanna, she runs [Eb] the country.
She [Bb] runs_
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ I didn't hear anything from [Eb] that lot over there.
Just relax yourself.
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I just know [Bb] you're gonna do it better on this side. _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] She runs in Durban and the_ _
She makes a few [Eb] of her people happy.
[F] Oh, she don't care about the_ [Eb] That's better.
She [Bb] got a system they [Eb] _ call_ No!
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ It [Bb] was never like that!
[Eb] _ _ _ [F] Let's go again on that [Bb] line.
_ _ _ She got a system [Eb] they _ call_
[Bb] We know it's gone, [F] but we gotta make it go even [Bb] further!
_ _ _ [Eb] _ One more time.
[Bb] _
_ _ She_
_ _ She got a system [Eb] they call_
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Pizza brother [F] in a subjection_
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But maybe pressure [Eb] will make Joanna [Bbm] see_
[F] How everybody [Bb] do that_ [Eb] Oh!
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Give me hope, [Eb] Joanna, give me hope!
Joanna, [Bb] give me hope!
[F] Joanna, for the morning!
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[Bb] Give me hope, Joanna, [Eb] give me hope!
Joanna, [Bb] hope before the morning! _ _ _
Give me hope, [Eb] Joanna, give me hope!
Joanna, [Bb] give me hope!
[F] Joanna, for the morning!
Give me [Bb] hope, Joanna, give me [Eb] hope!
Joanna, [Bb] hope before the morning!
Give me hope_
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ You got it right!
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ That's about [Bb] it.
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_ _ _ _ _ Ladies and _ gentlemen_ [D] _ Chris_ Kurt Aaron_
[N] Came all the way from South Africa, he's a big star there.
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