Biko Drum

And [G]they went home on an Easter Road
     On a [C]silent night tryin’ not to [G]show
     [C]Who goes where and [D]who goes [G]when
     Thinkin’ [F]some day soon they’ll get it back ag[G]ain

     From the [G]ghetto in Capetown to dig the gold
     [C]Little Boy Blue can’t be [G]sold
     [C]Under tin roof and a [D]plastic [G]wall
     Thinkin’ [F]some day soon we’re goin’ to leave it [G]all

     And the [C]Renegades sing all the [G]renegades [F]songs
     And the [A]ones who know hope they’re [D]doin’ [G]wrong
     The [F]blacks and the coloureds play
     The Biko [G]Drum
     The [F]blacks and the coloureds play
     The [G]Biko [A]Drum
     [F]Listen to the Biko [G]Drum

     [G]Transvaal kids on a Transvaal day
     [C]Little by little they show the [G]way
     To a [C]city of dreams and [D]solid [G]ground
     Thinkin’ [F]some day soon we’re gonna come ar[G]ound

     [G]Steve he’s livin’ in a prison cell
     [C]All the friends that know hope he’s doin’ [G]well
     Down [C]here they listen to the [D]Biko [G]Drum
     Down [F]here they listen to the songs he [G]sung

(chorus)

     [G]Nelson listen to the people sing
     [C]Nelson Mandela the people’s [G]king
     [C]Twenty-five years in a [D]white man’s [G]jail
     [F]Twenty-five years we couldn’t make him [G]say

(chorus)

(outro – play 2x)
     [F]Listen to the Biko [G]Drum
     [F]          the Biko [G]Drum
     [F]Listen to the Biko [G]Drum
     [F]                  [G]