Stephen Marley - Made in Africa Chords

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_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ Dollars and scientists now concede that Africa is the [G] birthplace of mankind.
_ [F] Africans were the first [Am] builders of civilization.
They discovered [G] _ mathematics, [F] invented writing, _ [Dm] developed sciences, _ engineering, medicine,
religion, _ fine arts, [Em] minerals, great pyramids, _ an architectural achievement which still baffles
modern [Am] science.
_ The _ _ [G] 225th _ emperor [F] _ _
[Am] erects descent from Solomon and the queen of Sheba. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ He is the king of kings, the lion _ of Judah.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] The name Haile Selassie _ means power of [Am] the trinity. _ _ _ _ _
[G] Educate _ yourselves [F] of _ [Am] Africa. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ Deliberate _ [F] yourself _ Africa.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ Keep your heads up high.
_ [D] No more [Em] will we _ cry. _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ Our history [G] that they stole, [F] _ _
[Am] Africa, _ _ _ _ _ is written [G] in our souls.
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Africa, [Dm] _ _ _ _ oldest nation on this earth, _ know just [Em] what you were. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, well, [Am] _ ships that sailed to distant [G] places robbed us [F] of our rights and [Am] words.
History says that you betrayed [G] us.
Talking [F] of the gods you [Am] served, hear the rumbling in the [G] sky.
Tears that [F] don't fall, [Am] fathers cry.
_ And today we're still in [G] chains.
They've been [F] shackled from our [Dm] _ _ minds.
_ You're the _ _ _ cornerstone, the king of [Em] wonder, crown. _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ How beautiful [G] are thou, [F] _ _
[Am] Africa.
_ _ _ _ All the nations [G] of _ _ [F] Africa. _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ Don't you fall from grace.
_ You're the [Em] sacred _ _ _ place. _
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_ [Am] Power to the people, motherland, [G] representer.
I'm on trial [F] with the man, she my co [Am]-defendant.
And I demand her attention, she a focused [G] woman.
I'm getting closer [F] to the sky, every [Am] time I hit it.
Haile Selassie, power of the trinity.
[G] _ _ Soulmaidenage [F] of my vice maiden Italy.
[Am] White man's world that I'm living in.
Some [G] say, but it was Africa, [F] the continent we all [Dm] came from.
Can't nothing come between me and you.
So before I have seeds, gotta understand my roots.
[Em] Gotta understand the truth, we is all kings round here.
Life's not all fair, words can be flawed, [Am] dear lord.
Growing hard to our urn like a poor [G] bird.
Although my body's [F] in the US, [Am] my heart's there.
I can never be ashamed of her.
I [G] got my pictures and my name [F] from her, mama Africa.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ The richest place on earth, _ know just [Em] what your _ worth. _ _
_ _ _ Glory, glory, he's [Am] there all around.
Stip, tip, step, a-dip, dip, [G] dup.
Stip, tip, [F] step, a-dip, a-dup.
[Am] _ Stip, tip, step, a-dip, a-dup.
_ [G] _ Talking [F] about the God you [Am] serve.
Stip, tip, step, a-dip, a-dup.
[G] _ Step, a [F]-dup, a-dip, [Am] a-dup.
_ _ Stip, tip, step, a-dip, a-dup.
[G] _ Step, a [F]-dup, a-dip, a-dup.
I [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ keep my head up high, _ no more [Em] will we cry
We are _ the _ _ African _ _ people
[Am] _ _ _ _ They _ [G] infiltrate our _ [F] homes, _ Africa
[Am] _ _ _ _ They claim [G] it as their own, [F] _ _
Africa
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ Now we must stand tall to break down [Em] all these _ walls
Well, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] well, _ our _ children [G] must be taught [F] of [Am] _
Africa
_ _ _ The science [G] and the arts [F] of _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Africa _
_ _ _ Even _ _ _ [Em] Africa _ _ will not be safe
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[G] Educate _ yourselves, [F] _ _ [Am]
Africa _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Deliberate _ yourselves, [F] _ _
Africa
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ Keep your heads up high, _ _ [D] no more [Em] will we cry _ _ _ _
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Beautiful [G] of _ _ [F] _ [Am] Africa
_ _ A _ _ _ legend [G] of the bow, _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Africa
Even _ _ _ _ [Em] Africa _ will _ not be safe _ _ _ _ _
[Am] The _ _ _ _ _ _
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legend, [Am] _ Africa _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ Legend, [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ Africa _ _ _ _
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Legend, [Am] _ Africa _ _ _ _ _ Legend, _ [D] Africa _
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