Give Me Hope Joanna Chords by Eddy Grant

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_ Well, Johanna, she [Eb] runs the country She runs [Bb] in Thurman and the Kirans [F] Val
She makes [Bb] a few of her [Eb] people happy [Ebm] Oh, she [Bb] don't care about the rest at all
_ She's got a system they [Eb] call apartheid It keeps [Bb] her brother in her [F] subjection
_ But maybe [Bb] pressure will [Cm] make Johanna see How [Bb] everybody could deliver a sponsor
Give me hope, Johanna, [Eb] _
hope, Johanna Give [Bb] me hope, Johanna, [G] before the [Bb] morning [F] comes
Give [Bb] me hope, Johanna, [Eb] _
hope, Johanna [F] Give me hope, Johanna, before the [Bb] morning comes
_ I hear she makes all that [Eb] gold and money To buy [Bb] new weapons and the shape of [F] guns
_ While every mother in her [Eb] block's a wimp
Oh, [Ebm] she hears [F] the killing of another [Bb] son _ Sneaking across all the [Eb] neighbors' borders
Now and [Bb] again having little [F] fun She [Bb] doesn't care if the [Eb] fun and games she [Ebm] plays
[F] Is dangerous to [Bb] everyone
Oh, give me hope, Johanna, [Eb] give me hope, Johanna Give [Bb] me hope, Johanna, [C] before the [F] morning comes
Give [Bb] me hope, Johanna, [Eb] give me hope, Johanna [Bb] Hope before the morning comes
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_ She got supporters in [Eb] higher places Who turn [Bb] their heads to the [F] citizen
_ Johanna [Bb] give them the [Eb] fancy money Oh, [F] to tempt anyone who [Bb] come
_ She even knows how to [Eb] swing opinion In [Bb] every magazine and the [F] journal
_ For every bad move that [Eb] is Johanna [Ebm] Make they got [Bb] a good _ explanation _
Oh, give me hope, [Eb] Johanna, give me hope, Johanna Give [Bb] me hope, [G] Johanna, before the [F] morning comes
Give [Bb] me hope, _ [Eb] Johanna, give me hope, Johanna [F] Hope before the [Bb] morning comes
Give _ me hope, [Eb] Johanna, give me hope, Johanna Give [Bb] me hope, [G] Johanna, before the morning [F] comes
Give [Bb] me hope, [Eb] Johanna, give me hope, Johanna [F] Hope before the [Bb] morning comes
_ Even the preacher who [Eb] works for Jesus The [F] archbishop who's a peaceful man
_ Together say that the freedom [Eb]
fighters Will _ [Bb] overcome the very strong
_ I wanna know if you're blind, [Eb]
Johanna If [Bb] you wanna hear the sound of [F] drums
_ Can't [Bb] you see that the fight is turning [Ebm] Oh, don't make [C] me wait till the morning [Bb] comes
_ Give me hope, [Eb] Johanna, give me hope, Johanna Give [Bb] me hope, [G] Johanna, before the [F] morning comes
Give [Bb] me hope, [Eb] Johanna, give me hope, Johanna [Bb] Hope before the morning comes
_ Give me hope, [Eb] Johanna, give me hope, Johanna Give [Bb] me hope, [C] Johanna Before the [F] morning comes
Give [Bb] me hope, [Eb] Johanna, give me hope, Johanna [Bb] Hope before the morning comes
Give _ me hope, [Eb] Johanna, give me hope, Johanna Give [Bb] me hope, [F] Johanna Before the morning comes
Give [Bb] me hope, [Cm] Johanna, give me hope, Johanna _ _ _ _ _ _