{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1140414,"song":"Biko Drum","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11253622-biko-drum-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1140414?type=chord","rating":4.59041,"votes":8,"content":"Hi All, this is a great song and credit to the person that put it up. \r\nI've made a few additions/changes to capture Christy's beat on this. \r\nIt's just a half or quarter bar on the second cord on each line but if you listen \r\nto the song you'll pick it up.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab](1)      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n      As they went home on an Easter Road[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     On a silent night trying not to show[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Who goes where and who goes when[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Thinking some day soon they'll get it back again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab](2)           [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     From the ghetto in Capetown to dig the gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Little Boy Blue can't be sold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Under tin roof and a plastic wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Thinking some day soon we re going to leave it all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab](chorus)     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     And the Renegades sing all the renegades songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    \r\n     And the ones who know hope they're doing wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     The blacks and the coloureds play[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\n     The Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     The blacks and the coloureds play[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n     The Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  \r\n     Listen to the Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab](3)  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Transvaal kids on a Transvaal day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Little by little they show the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     To a city of dreams and solid ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Thinking some day soon we're gonna come around[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab](4)  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Steve's living in a prison cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     All the friends that know hope he's doing well[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Down here they listen to the Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Down here they listen to the songs he sung[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab](chorus)     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     And the Renegades sing all the renegades songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    \r\n     And the ones who know hope they're doing wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     The blacks and the coloureds play[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\n     The Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     The blacks and the coloureds play[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n     The Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  \r\n     Listen to the Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab](5)  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Nelson listen to the people sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Nelson Mandela the people's king[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Twenty-five years in a white man's jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Twenty-five years we couldn't make him say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab](chorus)     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     And the Renegades sing all the renegades songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    \r\n     And the ones who know hope they're doing wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     The blacks and the coloureds play[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\n     The Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n     The blacks and the coloureds play[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n     The Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  \r\n     Listen to the Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n\r\n(outro – play 2x)\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n     Listen to the Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n               the Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n     Listen to the Biko Drum[/tab]\r\n     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Hi All, this is a great song and credit to the person that put it up. \nI've made a few additions/changes to capture Christy's beat on this. \nIt's just a half or quarter bar on the second cord on each line but if you listen \nto the song you'll pick it up.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(outro – play 2x)\n\n\n\n     F                  G","chords":["G","C","F","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}