Gimme Hope Jo'anna

[A] [D] [A] [E]   [A] [D] [A]  [E]  [A]

Well Jo'[A]anna she runs a [D]country
She runs in [A]Durban and the [E]Transvaal
She makes a [A]few of her people [D]happy, oh
She don't [A]care about the [E]rest at [A]all

She's got a [A]system they call [D]apartheid
It keeps a [A]brother in a subjec[E]tion
But maybe [A]pressure will make Jo[D]'anna see
How [A]everybody could a [E]live as [A]one

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Gimme [A]hope, Jo'anna;[D] Hope, Jo'anna
Gimme [A]hope, Jo'anna; 'Fore the [E]morning come
Gimme [A]hope, Jo'anna;[D] Hope, Jo'anna
[A]Hope before the [E]morning [A]come

I hear she [A]makes all the golden [D]money
To buy new [A]weapons, any shape of [E]guns
While every [A]mother in a black So[D]weto fears
The [A]killing of a[E]nother [A]son

Sneakin' a[A]cross all the neighbours' [D]borders
Now and a[A]gain having little [E]fun
She doesn't [A]care if the fun and [D]games she play
Is dang'[A]rous to [E]ev'ry[A]one

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She's got sup[A]porters in high up [D]places
Who turn their [A]heads to the city [E]sun
Jo'anna [A]give them the fancy [D]money
Oh to [A]tempt any[E]one who'd [A]come

She even [A]knows how to swing o[D]pinion
In every [A]magazine and the jour[E]nals
For every [A]bad move that this Jo'[D]anna make -
They got a [A]good expla[E]na-t[A]ion

Even the [A]preacher who works for [D]Jesus
The Arch[A]bishop who's a peaceful [E]man
Together [A]say that the freedom [D]fighters
Will [A]overcome the [E]very [A]strong

I wanna [A]know if you're blind Jo'[D]anna
If you [A]wanna hear the sound of [E]drums
Can't you [A]see that the tide is [D]turning -
Oh don't make me [A]wait till the [E]morning [A]come