Redemption Song - Manfred Mann's Earth Band Somewhere in Afrika (Lyrics in description) Chords
Tempo:
119.8 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
F#
C#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
No masulu, no masulu, [C#m] [B] kupucha swana, [E] no [F#] limuwa.
[B] No masulu, no [C#m] masulu, [D#] kupucha swana, [B] [C#m] no limuwa.
[F#] [B] Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, nunchakus, and free our [C#] minds.
Have no [D#] fear for the karmic energy, [E] for none of them can stop it.
[F#] How [B] long should we keep our love?
Why [E] are we standing beside him, [C#m] Lord?
[B] Some say it's just a part of them, [E] not a full-filled great [F#] love.
So won't you help us [B] pray?
No masulu, [F#]
no [B] masulu, kupucha swana, [E] no [A#m]
limuwa.
[G#] [F#m] [E] [F#]
[B] No masulu, [C#] no masulu, [D#] kupucha swana, no limuwa.
Soldiers march them freedom, out [E] into the city [C#m] streets.
[F#]
Though it [B] seems like a music battle, [G#m] it can be poetry.
[F#]
So won't you help us [B] sing?
No masulu, [E] [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] so [A#] alive, [G#]
[C#] out of [E] sight, it's [D#m] redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] [A#] out of [G#] fear, no joy, [E] no [F#] redemption [G#m] song.
No masulu, no masulu,
Kupucha swana,
Kupucha swana,
[E]
Kupucha swana, Kupucha swana, [G#m] Kupucha swana,
[C#]
[B]
Emancipate
[E] [C#m] [F#] [B] yourselves from slavery,
None but ourselves can free our [C#] minds.
And no [D#] fear for the harmonic energy,
[E] Will not get us off the [F#] line.
How [B] long till it comes out of us?
What [E] we say is so [C#m] inedible.
Some [D#m] say it's just a part of us,
[E] but it's more than any [F#] bone.
So won't you help us [B] sing?
No masulu, [E] [D#m] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] so [A#m] alive, [G#m] out of [E] sight, it's [D#m] redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] [B] these songs of Kupucha swana,
[E] [A#m]
[G#m] out of [E] fear, no [C#m] joy, no redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana.
[E] [G#] [C#]
[A#m]
[A#]
[B]
[N]
No masulu, no masulu, [C#m] [B] kupucha swana, [E] no [F#] limuwa.
[B] No masulu, no [C#m] masulu, [D#] kupucha swana, [B] [C#m] no limuwa.
[F#] [B] Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, nunchakus, and free our [C#] minds.
Have no [D#] fear for the karmic energy, [E] for none of them can stop it.
[F#] How [B] long should we keep our love?
Why [E] are we standing beside him, [C#m] Lord?
[B] Some say it's just a part of them, [E] not a full-filled great [F#] love.
So won't you help us [B] pray?
No masulu, [F#]
no [B] masulu, kupucha swana, [E] no [A#m]
limuwa.
[G#] [F#m] [E] [F#]
[B] No masulu, [C#] no masulu, [D#] kupucha swana, no limuwa.
Soldiers march them freedom, out [E] into the city [C#m] streets.
[F#]
Though it [B] seems like a music battle, [G#m] it can be poetry.
[F#]
So won't you help us [B] sing?
No masulu, [E] [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] so [A#] alive, [G#]
[C#] out of [E] sight, it's [D#m] redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] [A#] out of [G#] fear, no joy, [E] no [F#] redemption [G#m] song.
No masulu, no masulu,
Kupucha swana,
Kupucha swana,
[E]
Kupucha swana, Kupucha swana, [G#m] Kupucha swana,
[C#]
[B]
Emancipate
[E] [C#m] [F#] [B] yourselves from slavery,
None but ourselves can free our [C#] minds.
And no [D#] fear for the harmonic energy,
[E] Will not get us off the [F#] line.
How [B] long till it comes out of us?
What [E] we say is so [C#m] inedible.
Some [D#m] say it's just a part of us,
[E] but it's more than any [F#] bone.
So won't you help us [B] sing?
No masulu, [E] [D#m] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] so [A#m] alive, [G#m] out of [E] sight, it's [D#m] redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] [B] these songs of Kupucha swana,
[E] [A#m]
[G#m] out of [E] fear, no [C#m] joy, no redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana.
[E] [G#] [C#]
[A#m]
[A#]
[B]
[N]
Key:
E
B
F#
C#m
C#
E
B
F#
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ No _ _ masulu, _ _ _ no masulu, [C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] kupucha swana, _ _ _ _ [E] no _ [F#] limuwa.
_ _ _ [B] No masulu, _ _ _ _ no _ [C#m] masulu, _ _ _ [D#] kupucha swana, _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] no limuwa.
_ [F#] _ _ [B] Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, _ nunchakus, and free our [C#] minds.
Have no [D#] fear for the karmic energy, _ [E] for none of them can stop it.
[F#] _ How [B] long should we keep our love?
_ Why [E] are we standing beside him, [C#m] Lord?
_ _ [B] Some say it's just a part of them, [E] not a full-filled great [F#] love.
_ _ So won't you help us [B] pray?
No masulu, _ _ [F#]
no [B] masulu, kupucha swana, [E] no _ [A#m]
limuwa.
[G#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ No masulu, _ _ _ _ [C#] no masulu, _ _ _ [D#] kupucha swana, no limuwa.
Soldiers march them freedom, _ out [E] into the city _ [C#m] streets.
[F#]
Though it [B] seems like a music battle, _ _ [G#m] it can be poetry.
[F#] _ _ _
So won't you help us [B] sing?
No masulu, [E] _ [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] so [A#] alive, _ [G#] _ _
[C#] out of [E] sight, it's [D#m] redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] _ [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] _ _ [A#] out of [G#] fear, no joy, _ [E] no [F#] redemption [G#m] song.
No masulu, _ _ _ _ no masulu, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Kupucha swana, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Kupucha swana,
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Kupucha swana, Kupucha swana, [G#m] Kupucha swana, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ Emancipate _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ yourselves from slavery,
None but ourselves can free our [C#] minds.
And no [D#] fear for the harmonic energy,
_ [E] Will not get us off the [F#] line.
_ How [B] long till it comes out of us?
What [E] we say is so _ [C#m] inedible.
Some [D#m] say it's just a part of us,
[E] but it's more than any [F#] bone.
_ _ So won't you help us [B] sing?
No masulu, [E] _ [D#m] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] so [A#m] alive, _ [G#m] _ _ out of [E] sight, it's [D#m] redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] _ [B] these songs of Kupucha swana,
_ [E] _ _ [A#m] _
_ [G#m] _ _ out of [E] fear, no [C#m] joy, no redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] _ [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana.
[E] _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ No _ _ masulu, _ _ _ no masulu, [C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] kupucha swana, _ _ _ _ [E] no _ [F#] limuwa.
_ _ _ [B] No masulu, _ _ _ _ no _ [C#m] masulu, _ _ _ [D#] kupucha swana, _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] no limuwa.
_ [F#] _ _ [B] Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, _ nunchakus, and free our [C#] minds.
Have no [D#] fear for the karmic energy, _ [E] for none of them can stop it.
[F#] _ How [B] long should we keep our love?
_ Why [E] are we standing beside him, [C#m] Lord?
_ _ [B] Some say it's just a part of them, [E] not a full-filled great [F#] love.
_ _ So won't you help us [B] pray?
No masulu, _ _ [F#]
no [B] masulu, kupucha swana, [E] no _ [A#m]
limuwa.
[G#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ No masulu, _ _ _ _ [C#] no masulu, _ _ _ [D#] kupucha swana, no limuwa.
Soldiers march them freedom, _ out [E] into the city _ [C#m] streets.
[F#]
Though it [B] seems like a music battle, _ _ [G#m] it can be poetry.
[F#] _ _ _
So won't you help us [B] sing?
No masulu, [E] _ [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] so [A#] alive, _ [G#] _ _
[C#] out of [E] sight, it's [D#m] redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] _ [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] _ _ [A#] out of [G#] fear, no joy, _ [E] no [F#] redemption [G#m] song.
No masulu, _ _ _ _ no masulu, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Kupucha swana, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Kupucha swana,
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Kupucha swana, Kupucha swana, [G#m] Kupucha swana, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ Emancipate _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ yourselves from slavery,
None but ourselves can free our [C#] minds.
And no [D#] fear for the harmonic energy,
_ [E] Will not get us off the [F#] line.
_ How [B] long till it comes out of us?
What [E] we say is so _ [C#m] inedible.
Some [D#m] say it's just a part of us,
[E] but it's more than any [F#] bone.
_ _ So won't you help us [B] sing?
No masulu, [E] _ [D#m] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana,
[E] so [A#m] alive, _ [G#m] _ _ out of [E] sight, it's [D#m] redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] _ [B] these songs of Kupucha swana,
_ [E] _ _ [A#m] _
_ [G#m] _ _ out of [E] fear, no [C#m] joy, no redemption [B] song.
No masulu, [E] _ [F#] these songs [B] of Kupucha swana.
[E] _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _