Gimme Hope Jo'anna Uke tab by Eddy Grant

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Well Jo'anna she runs a country
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She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
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She makes a few of her people happy, oh
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She don't care about the rest at all
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She's got a system they call apartheid
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It keeps a brother in a subjection
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But maybe pressure can make Jo'anna see
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How everybody could a live as one

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'Fore the morning come
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Hope before the morning com

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I hear she make all the golden money
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To buy new weapons, any shape of guns
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While every mother in black Soweto fears
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The killing of another son
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Sneakin' across all the neighbours' borders
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Now and again having little fun
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She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
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Is dang'rous to ev'ryone

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'Fore the morning come
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Hope before the morning com

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She's got supporters in high up places
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Who turn their heads to the city sun
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Jo'anna give them the fancy money
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Oh to tempt anyone who'd come
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She even knows how to swing opinion
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In every magazine and the journals
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For every bad move that this Jo'anna makes
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They got a good explanation

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'Fore the morning come
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Hope before the morning com

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Even the preacher who works for Jesus
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The Archbishop who's a peaceful man
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Together say that the freedom fighters
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Will overcome the very strong
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I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna
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If you wanna hear the sound of drums
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Can't you see that the tide is turning
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Oh don't make me wait till the morning come

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'Fore the morning come
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Hope before the morning com

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'Fore the morning come
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Hope, Jo'anna
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Hope before the morning com