{"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":1481061,"song":"Piece Of Ground","artist":"Miriam Makeba","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11268946-piece-of-ground-chords-by-miriam-makeba/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1481061?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"(INTRO)\r\n\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch] / [ch]B[/ch]♭ / [ch]G[/ch] / [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]♭                     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWhen the white man first came here from over the seas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                              [ch]B[/ch]♭       [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nHe looked and he said, this is God's own country[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                    [ch]B[/ch]♭            [ch]A[/ch]♭\r\nHe was mighty well pleased with this land that he'd found[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]♭                   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd he said I will make here my own piece of ground[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow many's the battle he still had to fight\r\nAnd the many's the family who died in the night\r\nFor many were the black men that lived all around\r\nAll of them wanting their own piece of ground\r\n\r\nThen one fine day in 1883\r\nGold was discovered in good quantity\r\nNow the country was rich, much richer than planned\r\nAnd each digger wanted his own piece of land\r\n\r\nWhite diggers were few and the gold was so deep\r\nBlack man was called 'cause his labor was cheap\r\nWith drill and with shovel he toiled underground\r\nSix pennies a day to tender the ground\r\n\r\nNow this land is so rich and it seems strange to me\r\nThat the black man whose labor has helped it to be\r\nCannot enjoy the fruits that abound\r\nIs uprooted and kicked from his own piece of Land\r\n\r\nWhy some people say now don't you worry\r\nWe'll get you a nice piece of reserve territory\r\nBut how can a life for so many be found\r\nOn a miserable thirty per cent of the ground?\r\n\r\nYet, some people say now don't you worry\r\nYou can always find jobs in the white man's city\r\nBut don't stay too long and don't stay too deep\r\nOr you're bound to disturb the white man in his sleep\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]♭                      [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWhite man don't sleep long and don't sleep too deep[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor your life and your possessions, how long will you keep?\r\nFor I've heard a rumor that's running around\r\nFor That the black man's demanding his own piece of ground\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHis own piece of ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHis own piece of ground......[/tab]","plain_text":"(INTRO)\n\nCm / B♭ / G / Cm\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow many's the battle he still had to fight\nAnd the many's the family who died in the night\nFor many were the black men that lived all around\nAll of them wanting their own piece of ground\n\nThen one fine day in 1883\nGold was discovered in good quantity\nNow the country was rich, much richer than planned\nAnd each digger wanted his own piece of land\n\nWhite diggers were few and the gold was so deep\nBlack man was called 'cause his labor was cheap\nWith drill and with shovel he toiled underground\nSix pennies a day to tender the ground\n\nNow this land is so rich and it seems strange to me\nThat the black man whose labor has helped it to be\nCannot enjoy the fruits that abound\nIs uprooted and kicked from his own piece of Land\n\nWhy some people say now don't you worry\nWe'll get you a nice piece of reserve territory\nBut how can a life for so many be found\nOn a miserable thirty per cent of the ground?\n\nYet, some people say now don't you worry\nYou can always find jobs in the white man's city\nBut don't stay too long and don't stay too deep\nOr you're bound to disturb the white man in his sleep\n\n\n\nFor your life and your possessions, how long will you keep?\nFor I've heard a rumor that's running around\nFor That the black man's demanding his own piece of ground","chords":["Cm","B","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}