Chords for Ohia Beye Ya (Seniwaa) ft Sammy Nupkese of Roots Anabo on Flute & Mutumbo

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_ _ [Em] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ Man never [G] knows what tomorrow brings because it's opaque.
[C] _ [Cm] But the brain can [Fm] cut through the [G] transparent past and [C] tap those nostalgic memories [G] to wake.
_ [E] Imagery of childhood [C] renovates brain so it looks like a gallery.
[G] _ Portraits and [Ab] abstracts but one mosaic depicts the [G]
crucifixion on Calvary.
[C] [G] This [C] is when he really died [G] because everything was bliss.
An eye for an eye was then [Cm] an eye for a kiss.
[G] This is a remembrance of childhood like it's dead and [Cm] gone but this past still lives on.
[C] Like [D] great [C] houseworks and [G] names have been [C] calligraphed on life's papyrus.
We were children who were [D] vagrants like [C] my papy [Ab] was.
The [G] only difference was that we had better [E] dreams because we came [Ab] home to sleep the night [G] away.
Fly away kites made of [Cm] paper and broomsticks with strong threads to give them [Bb] skyscraper heights
with [C] floors of [G] about 96.
[Cm] _ [D] Experts in building [Em] these flying [Bb] creatures [E] so when [D] it broke we [Ab] could always fix.
[G] The dreams we had then for today were that tall.
[Ab] Magic physics the way we [G] looked up we went dizzy and we did fall.
[Ab] Parents with webs were like robots [G] they swung with an even interval.
[C] [G] So we [C] all had pain striped on us like zebras [Bb] in the wild.
[E] The road was never [Ab] spared if things were not done properly.
[F] But stones and caution [D] were thrown [Cm] to the wind because we were [C] God's [G] property.
Police and thief was a brand new hide [Ab] and seek.
And because each group wanted to win we [Bb] adopted [E] a warlike [G] technique.
[Ab] Damning weapons were [G] aimed at opponents with an accuracy.
[Ab] Because our elbows had grease but none of my peers were [G] Greeks.
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Life in those [Ab] days was a portrait.
We all had smiles like Mona Lisa.
I was a local kid so I knew what was contemporary and I [C] didn't know what was [F] teaser.
Fanta [Gm] and coke were [Ab] not come on to us.
They only come through on [C] special occasions.
[G] Easter and Christmas [C] conjured more eggs so there was a celebration.
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ The rains that the clouds spewed rubbed on the soft earth with dignity.
[E] We enjoyed games in the mud because there was [G] kissing and [Cm] elders greeted each other.
You could [Em] feel the serenity.
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The football that we [Cm] played needed [N] no stadiums like the Bundesliga.
We [Eb] were both [C] players and referees.
Back [N] then we didn't know what was FIFA.
Presence of a softball or case five made a moment [Em] just right to play small goals [G] off all [C] corners.
It was with our bare [Gm] feet because we had no trainers.
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Shins were [Em] hardened like craniums and we waked [G] ourselves up during [Cm] the day so at night we slept
[G] like we had several pails of [D] baleum.
Nana Osei was [Eb] daddy and Abinasewa was mommy [Bb] in [E] playhouse.
[Bb] And the game [C] for miniature parents then was [G] you remove my [C] shirt and I [G] take off your [Cm] blouse.
My street is dead now.
Way back it was [C] filled with [G] hawkers.
[C] Every junction was occupied by noisy petty [F] sellers.
[C] And if I [G] knew this [C] type of honding I would have called them voo-voo [F] zealous.
I used [Ab] to catch tadpoles in big gutters and trap grasshoppers in [Bb] pokey [Em] rubbers
[C] because I told me it was just a dog so [G] I wasn't content.
You should see [E] how my mom hugged back [Cm] when she checked the content.
[E] The [G] football that we played [Em] needed no [G] stadiums [C] like the Bundesliga.
We [G] were both players and referees.
[Ab] Back then we [C] didn't know what was FIFA.
And the concert [G] that we played had more [Ab] spin than the [G] porter's [C] wheel.
We went [G] on top of hills so [Dm] our tights could [C] glide.
[Ab] And those sticks were our steering wheel.
[Em] If I had a [A] chance to meet my [G] past in [C] my future once again I'll beg her [G] to take me back into [F] time.
[C] So [G] I can knock [C] my friends on their heads when they forget [G] to say no Zanzama.
Play [Ab] Chaskele or Dikos with Mike and Mahama.
[G] And mock [C] six-year [G]-olds when they [Ab] lose a tooth.
These are memories that I [Gm] never want to forget and [Ab] I'll do it [C] over and over and over [G] again with no regrets.
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