Ethiopia Chords by The Abyssinians

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_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Am] When _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] I says [Dm] Ethiopia [Am] signify [Dm] Africa, _ [Am] I was a boy and [Dm] there [Am] about such place called [Dm] Africa.
_ [E] Even [Dm] in the [G] movies are what they taught [D] us is true.
[Am] So God, [F] _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] oh, [Eb] Mother [Am] _ Africa. _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] So God, [F] _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] oh, [Am] Mother _ Africa.
_ [Dm] _
They [N] never told us about the culture or the edifying things.
The black pharaohs, the black Moses, [Gm] the black Solomon of [Dm] old.
[Am] For some [Dm] terrible _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] things [Am] spread into _ [B] Africa.
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[Dm] _ [Am] For some terrible [Dm] _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] things [Am] spread into [Dm] Africa.
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[Dm] They _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ [A] never told us about the culture [G] or the [Dm] edifying [N] things.
The black pharaohs, the black Moses, the black [Dm] Solomon of old.
[Am] For some [Dm] terrible _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] things [Am] spread into [Dm] Africa.
[Am] _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] For some terrible _ _ _
[Dm] things [C] spread into [Am] Africa.
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[Dm] _ [Ab] They never told [N] us why they sold us, why they carried us [Dm] beyond [F] the seas.
They wanted to take our [Am] heritage and thought they would be free.
They [Dm] never know the Jah [Am]-Jah [Dm] always [Am] watching us.
And He never, [Dm] never, [Am] never let [Dm] you all go free.
[Am] You say you try to rule _ _ _
[D] the [Am] name of your game. _ _ _
[Dm] _ [C] And [Am] that way [F] you [Am] _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] all get your free.
[Dm] _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] You wash your [F] hands, dry them clean, say you're not to blame.
Divide and [Dm] rule the [A] name of your game, that's how you [Dm] get your free.
[Am] You say you try to [Dm] rule _ [F] _
the [Eb] [Am] name of your game.
[Dm] _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] You [Am] all get your free.
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The [E] name of your game.
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[Dm] You [C] all get your [Dm] free.
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You say you try to _ [F] rule_
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