Chords for African Artists perform "Give Me Hope Joanna" at Mandela Day 2009 from Radio City Music Hall

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Let's welcome to the Radio City Music Hall stage
many of today's greatest stars of African music.
Joining the Grammy award winning Soweto Gospel Choir,
all singing Give Me Hope, Joanna.
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_ _ _ _ _ ♪ She runs into heaven and [C] he turns foul ♪
♪ She [Bb] makes old head people happy [F] ♪
♪ Whoa, she doesn't care for the rest [Bb] at all ♪
♪ She's got a system they call [Eb] _ apartheid ♪
♪ It keeps [Bb] her from her greatest [F] objection _ ♪
♪ [Bb] Baby pressure can make [Eb] Joanna _ [Ebm] see [Bb] how everybody [F] can [Bb] advance ♪
Well, come on now.
♪ Oh, give me hope, Joanna, [Eb] _ hope, Joanna ♪
♪ Give [Bb] me hope, Joanna, [F] for the morning sun ♪
[Bb] ♪ Give me hope, Joanna, [Eb] _ hope, Joanna [Bb] ♪
♪ Hope [F] me for the morning [Bb] sun ♪
♪ I hear she makes all types of [Eb] noise ♪
♪ [Bb] Who's buying you a pumpkin, he says, [F] boy, boy ♪
♪ [Bb] While every mother in Africa [Eb] is [Ebm] so pissed [Bb] ♪
♪ They're dealing [F] of another [Bb] cent [F] ♪
♪ [Bb] Sneaking across all the [Eb] neighbor's borders [Bb] ♪
♪ Now and again having [C] little fun [F] ♪
♪ She [Bb]
doesn't care if the fun [Eb] game she [Ebm] plays [Bb] ♪
♪ It's [F] dangerous to [Bb] everyone, whoa, so give me hope, Joanna [Eb] ♪
♪ Hope, Joanna, give [Bb] me hope, Joanna, [F] for the morning sun ♪
♪ [Bb] Give me hope, Joanna, [Eb] _ hope, Joanna [Bb] ♪
♪ Hope me for the morning sun ♪ _ _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ ♪ She's got [Bb] supporters in higher [Eb] places ♪
♪ Who [Bb] turn their heads to the city sun [F] ♪
♪ [Bb] Joanna, give them the fancy [Eb] _ money, [Bb] oh, good Sam [F] Tan, yeah ♪
♪ Everyone who comes, _ she even [Bb] knows how to say, [Eb] oh, yeah ♪
♪ [Bb] And every man, I give you [F] the joy, yeah [C] ♪
♪ Oh, [Bb] for every man who likes [Eb] Joanna [Ebm] ♪
♪ Make the [Bb] God of good [F] _ [Bb] explanation, oh, give me hope, Joanna [Eb] ♪
♪ Hope, Joanna, give [Bb] me hope, Joanna, [F] for the morning [Cm] sun ♪
♪ Give [Bb] me hope, [Eb] Joanna, _ hope, Joanna [Bb]
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♪ Hope me for the morning sun [F] ♪
♪ Even [G] the preacher who works for Jesus ♪
♪ The archbishop who's a peaceful man ♪
♪ Together say that their freedom fighters will ♪
♪ Overcome the very strong, [F] yeah ♪
♪ I wanna [Bb] know if you're blind, [Eb] Joanna [F] ♪
♪ [Bb] If you wanna hear the sound [F] of drums ♪
♪ [Bb] Can't you see that the tide [Eb] is turning, [F] oh, don't make me ♪
♪ Wait [Bb] another day, yeah ♪
♪ Give me hope, _ [Eb] Joanna, hope, Joanna, give [Bb] me hope, Joanna, hope [F] _ ♪
♪ Give me hope, [Bb] Joanna, [Eb] _ hope, Joanna, [Bb]
hope me [F] for the [Bb] morning [F] sun ♪
♪ Give me hope, Joanna, _ hope, Joanna, give me hope, _ Joanna ♪
_ Give me hope Johanna, _ hope _ _
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Johanna, _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
hope this far [F] in the _ morning _
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