Chords for Johnny Clegg - Deliwe
Tempo:
86.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [G]
[D]
[E] [D] [G]
[Em] [G] Delaware, can you see the clouds [Em] rolling in?
[G] The wind in the north has changed and it [Em] blows your way.
[G] Whatever [Am] will you do [G] when the rain [Am] starts to [C] fall?
Will you [D] join the swallows [G] and fly away?
[C] To the [D] citadels of Europe [Em] across the [D] sea.
[C] [G]
Delaware, would you go away [Em] without me?
[G] Delaware, would you love me?
Would [Em] you leave me?
[G] Would you leave this land [Am] that's green?
[G] Where your home straddles [Am] the [C] earth.
Leave the winds [D] and the blessings of [Em] the bush [D] land.
[C] [G] [Am]
[D] [G] [C] [Am]
[G] You are a [Am] child of Africa, you [G] are a wild beast.
You are a [C] jungle [Am] juniper, you [D] are a [G] flame ray.
And as you walk in a foreign [C] land, the songs of a road [Em] gang ring.
Oh, how [D] they sing.
[G] And [Am] that melody [C] will haunt your days [Em] like falling autumn leaves.
[D] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] [D] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] S'pele [D] baba t'a [G] l'abe, [Em] s [D]'pele baba t [G]'a l [Em] [D] [G] [Em] [D] [G]'abe.
[Em] S'pele [D] baba [G] t'a l'abe, [Em] [D] s'pele baba [G] t'a l'abe.
[Em] [D] [G] [D] [G]
[B] Soba [Em] bongela, [B] soba [Em] bongela.
[D] [G] The bees are buzzing in [Em] your honey mouth.
[G] And I have drawn the water [Em] from your well.
[G] The deep [Am] rushing down [G] while the night [Am] birds call.
[C] And the [D] waters wash me on [Em] the [D] inside.
[C] [G] Wisps of the willow fall [Em] from your [D] hair.
[G] Dreams and leaves of sorrow [Em] bequeath to you.
By [G] the deeds [Am] of your fathers, [G] hidden [Am] from your view.
[C] But in the [D] north, the thunder [Em] clouds would [D] judge you.
[C] [G]
[C] [Am] [G]
[Am] [D] [G] But you will always be a child of [A] Africa, [G] always the wilderness.
And the sorrow that [C] smurs your heart [A] inside [E] is the [D] dust of the [G] regiment.
One day the skies will clear and eagles [C] fly [Em] above those you left behind.
[D] Oh, telly where won't you [C] stay a [G] while with me?
[Em] [D] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] [D] [Em] [G]
[Em] Oh, bless this [D] water, bless [Em] this land, give us [D] food [G] to eat.
[Em] Let our [D] herds [G] span the hill, [D] let them [G] graze in [Em] peace.
If soldiers [D] march [G] across our fields, [D] give them [G] eyes to see.
[Em] With children [D] singing [Em] in the sand, [D] songs in [G] the north wind.
[B] And we will praise [Em] your name, [B] we will praise [E] your name.
[D]
[G] And one day the skies will clear and [C] eagles fly above [Em] those you left behind.
[D] Oh, telly where [C] won't you stay a while [G] with me?
[Em] [Bm] [G]
[Em] [D] [G] [D] [G]
[Em] [D] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] [D] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] Oh, bless this [D] water, [G] bless this land, [D] give us [G] food to eat.
[Em] Let our [D] herds span [G] the hill, [Em] let [D] them graze [G] in peace.
[D]
[E] [D] [G]
[Em] [G] Delaware, can you see the clouds [Em] rolling in?
[G] The wind in the north has changed and it [Em] blows your way.
[G] Whatever [Am] will you do [G] when the rain [Am] starts to [C] fall?
Will you [D] join the swallows [G] and fly away?
[C] To the [D] citadels of Europe [Em] across the [D] sea.
[C] [G]
Delaware, would you go away [Em] without me?
[G] Delaware, would you love me?
Would [Em] you leave me?
[G] Would you leave this land [Am] that's green?
[G] Where your home straddles [Am] the [C] earth.
Leave the winds [D] and the blessings of [Em] the bush [D] land.
[C] [G] [Am]
[D] [G] [C] [Am]
[G] You are a [Am] child of Africa, you [G] are a wild beast.
You are a [C] jungle [Am] juniper, you [D] are a [G] flame ray.
And as you walk in a foreign [C] land, the songs of a road [Em] gang ring.
Oh, how [D] they sing.
[G] And [Am] that melody [C] will haunt your days [Em] like falling autumn leaves.
[D] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] [D] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] S'pele [D] baba t'a [G] l'abe, [Em] s [D]'pele baba t [G]'a l [Em] [D] [G] [Em] [D] [G]'abe.
[Em] S'pele [D] baba [G] t'a l'abe, [Em] [D] s'pele baba [G] t'a l'abe.
[Em] [D] [G] [D] [G]
[B] Soba [Em] bongela, [B] soba [Em] bongela.
[D] [G] The bees are buzzing in [Em] your honey mouth.
[G] And I have drawn the water [Em] from your well.
[G] The deep [Am] rushing down [G] while the night [Am] birds call.
[C] And the [D] waters wash me on [Em] the [D] inside.
[C] [G] Wisps of the willow fall [Em] from your [D] hair.
[G] Dreams and leaves of sorrow [Em] bequeath to you.
By [G] the deeds [Am] of your fathers, [G] hidden [Am] from your view.
[C] But in the [D] north, the thunder [Em] clouds would [D] judge you.
[C] [G]
[C] [Am] [G]
[Am] [D] [G] But you will always be a child of [A] Africa, [G] always the wilderness.
And the sorrow that [C] smurs your heart [A] inside [E] is the [D] dust of the [G] regiment.
One day the skies will clear and eagles [C] fly [Em] above those you left behind.
[D] Oh, telly where won't you [C] stay a [G] while with me?
[Em] [D] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] [D] [Em] [G]
[Em] Oh, bless this [D] water, bless [Em] this land, give us [D] food [G] to eat.
[Em] Let our [D] herds [G] span the hill, [D] let them [G] graze in [Em] peace.
If soldiers [D] march [G] across our fields, [D] give them [G] eyes to see.
[Em] With children [D] singing [Em] in the sand, [D] songs in [G] the north wind.
[B] And we will praise [Em] your name, [B] we will praise [E] your name.
[D]
[G] And one day the skies will clear and [C] eagles fly above [Em] those you left behind.
[D] Oh, telly where [C] won't you stay a while [G] with me?
[Em] [Bm] [G]
[Em] [D] [G] [D] [G]
[Em] [D] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] [D] [Em] [D] [G]
[Em] Oh, bless this [D] water, [G] bless this land, [D] give us [G] food to eat.
[Em] Let our [D] herds span [G] the hill, [Em] let [D] them graze [G] in peace.
Key:
G
D
Em
C
Am
G
D
Em
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] Delaware, can you see the clouds [Em] rolling in?
[G] The wind in the north has changed and it [Em] blows your way.
_ [G] Whatever [Am] will you do [G] when the rain [Am] starts to [C] fall?
Will you [D] join the swallows [G] and fly away?
[C] To the [D] citadels of Europe [Em] across the [D] _ sea.
[C] _ _ [G] _
_ Delaware, would you go away [Em] without me?
[G] _ Delaware, would you love me?
Would [Em] you leave me? _
[G] Would you leave this land [Am] that's green?
[G] Where your home straddles [Am] the [C] earth.
Leave the winds [D] and the blessings of [Em] the bush [D] land. _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ You are a [Am] child of Africa, you [G] are a wild beast.
You are a [C] jungle [Am] juniper, you [D] are a [G] flame ray.
And as you walk in a foreign [C] land, the songs of a road [Em] gang ring.
Oh, how [D] they sing.
[G] And [Am] that melody [C] will haunt your days [Em] like falling autumn leaves.
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _
[Em] S'pele [D] baba t'a [G] l'abe, [Em] s [D]'pele baba t [G]'a l _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] [G]'abe.
[Em] S'pele [D] baba [G] t'a l'abe, [Em] [D] s'pele baba [G] t'a l'abe.
[Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[B] Soba [Em] bongela, [B] soba [Em] bongela.
_ [D] [G] The bees are buzzing in [Em] your honey mouth.
[G] And I have drawn the water [Em] from your well.
[G] The deep [Am] rushing down [G] while the night [Am] birds call.
[C] And the [D] waters wash me on [Em] the [D] inside. _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ Wisps of the willow fall [Em] from your [D] hair.
[G] Dreams and leaves of sorrow [Em] bequeath to you.
By [G] the deeds [Am] of your fathers, [G] hidden [Am] from your view.
[C] But in the [D] north, the thunder [Em] clouds would [D] judge you.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ But you will always be a child of [A] Africa, [G] always the wilderness.
And the sorrow that [C] smurs your heart [A] inside [E] is the [D] dust of the [G] regiment.
One day the skies will clear and eagles [C] fly [Em] above those you left behind.
[D] Oh, telly where won't you [C] stay a [G] while with me? _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _
[Em] Oh, bless this [D] water, bless [Em] this land, give us [D] food [G] to eat.
[Em] Let our [D] herds [G] span the hill, [D] let them [G] graze in [Em] peace.
If soldiers [D] march [G] across our fields, [D] give them [G] eyes to see.
[Em] With children [D] singing [Em] in the sand, [D] songs in [G] the north wind.
[B] And we will praise [Em] your name, [B] we will praise [E] your name.
[D]
[G] And one day the skies will clear and [C] eagles fly above [Em] those you left behind.
[D] Oh, telly where [C] won't you stay a while [G] with me?
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _
[Em] Oh, bless this [D] water, [G] bless this land, [D] give us [G] food to eat.
[Em] Let our [D] herds span [G] the hill, [Em] let [D] them graze [G] in peace.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] Delaware, can you see the clouds [Em] rolling in?
[G] The wind in the north has changed and it [Em] blows your way.
_ [G] Whatever [Am] will you do [G] when the rain [Am] starts to [C] fall?
Will you [D] join the swallows [G] and fly away?
[C] To the [D] citadels of Europe [Em] across the [D] _ sea.
[C] _ _ [G] _
_ Delaware, would you go away [Em] without me?
[G] _ Delaware, would you love me?
Would [Em] you leave me? _
[G] Would you leave this land [Am] that's green?
[G] Where your home straddles [Am] the [C] earth.
Leave the winds [D] and the blessings of [Em] the bush [D] land. _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ You are a [Am] child of Africa, you [G] are a wild beast.
You are a [C] jungle [Am] juniper, you [D] are a [G] flame ray.
And as you walk in a foreign [C] land, the songs of a road [Em] gang ring.
Oh, how [D] they sing.
[G] And [Am] that melody [C] will haunt your days [Em] like falling autumn leaves.
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _
[Em] S'pele [D] baba t'a [G] l'abe, [Em] s [D]'pele baba t [G]'a l _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] [G]'abe.
[Em] S'pele [D] baba [G] t'a l'abe, [Em] [D] s'pele baba [G] t'a l'abe.
[Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[B] Soba [Em] bongela, [B] soba [Em] bongela.
_ [D] [G] The bees are buzzing in [Em] your honey mouth.
[G] And I have drawn the water [Em] from your well.
[G] The deep [Am] rushing down [G] while the night [Am] birds call.
[C] And the [D] waters wash me on [Em] the [D] inside. _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ Wisps of the willow fall [Em] from your [D] hair.
[G] Dreams and leaves of sorrow [Em] bequeath to you.
By [G] the deeds [Am] of your fathers, [G] hidden [Am] from your view.
[C] But in the [D] north, the thunder [Em] clouds would [D] judge you.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ But you will always be a child of [A] Africa, [G] always the wilderness.
And the sorrow that [C] smurs your heart [A] inside [E] is the [D] dust of the [G] regiment.
One day the skies will clear and eagles [C] fly [Em] above those you left behind.
[D] Oh, telly where won't you [C] stay a [G] while with me? _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _
[Em] Oh, bless this [D] water, bless [Em] this land, give us [D] food [G] to eat.
[Em] Let our [D] herds [G] span the hill, [D] let them [G] graze in [Em] peace.
If soldiers [D] march [G] across our fields, [D] give them [G] eyes to see.
[Em] With children [D] singing [Em] in the sand, [D] songs in [G] the north wind.
[B] And we will praise [Em] your name, [B] we will praise [E] your name.
[D]
[G] And one day the skies will clear and [C] eagles fly above [Em] those you left behind.
[D] Oh, telly where [C] won't you stay a while [G] with me?
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _
[Em] Oh, bless this [D] water, [G] bless this land, [D] give us [G] food to eat.
[Em] Let our [D] herds span [G] the hill, [Em] let [D] them graze [G] in peace.