Gimme Hope Joanna
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1. Well Jo'anna she runs a country
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she
runs in Durban and in the Transvaal,
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she
makes a few of her people happy, oh,
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she
don't care about the rest at all.
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2. She's got a system they call apartheid,
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it
keeps a brother in a subjection,
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but
maybe pressure will make Jo'anna see,
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how everybody could a live as one. Oh !
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna, hope, Jo'anna,
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gimme hope, Jo'anna, 'fore the morning come.
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna, hope, Jo'anna,
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hope before the morning come.
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3. I hear she makes all the golden money,
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to
buy new weapons, any shape of guns,
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while every mother in the black Soweto fears
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the
killing of another son.
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4. Sneakin' across all the neighbours' borders,
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now
and again having little fun,
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she
doesn't care if the fun and games she play
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is dang'rous to ev'ryone. Oh !
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna, gimme hope, Jo'anna,
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gimme hope, Jo'anna, 'fore the morning come.
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna, gimme hope, Jo'anna,
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hope before the morning come.
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5. She got supporters in high up places,
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who
turn their heads to the city sun,
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Jo'anna give them the fancy money, oh,
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to
tempt anyone who'd come.
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6. She even knows how to swing opinion
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in
every magazine and the journals,
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for
every bad move that this Jo'anna makes
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they got a good explanation. Oh !
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7. Even the preacher who works for Jesus,
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the
Archbishop who's a peaceful man,
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together say that the freedom fighters will
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overcome the very strong.
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8. I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna,
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if
you wanna hear the sound of drum,
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can't you see that the tide is turning, oh,
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don't make me wait till the morning come. Oh !
+ CHORUS + CHORUS ….(capo 1st) (Eddie Grant)