{"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":1717256,"song":"Asimbonanga","artist":"Johnny Clegg","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11363165-asimbonanga-chords-by-johnny-clegg/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1717256?type=chord","rating":4.68835,"votes":106,"content":"ASIMBONANGA\r\nJohnny Clegg\r\nALBUM Third World Child (1987)\r\n\r\n\r\nThis song is about Mandela who was then still in prison. Asimbonanga means \"we couldn't see him\"\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 1\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Asimbonanga[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n Asimbonang'um Mandela thina[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch] \r\n Laph'ekona[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Laph'ehleli khona[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 1\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n On the sea is cold and the sky is grey[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n Look across the island into the bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch] \r\n We are all islands till comes the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] \r\n We cross the burning water[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 1\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Asimbonanga[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n Asimbonang'um Mandela thina[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch] \r\n Laph'ekona[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Laph'ehleli khona[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n A seagull wings across the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n Broken silence is what I dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Who has the words to close the distance[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] \r\n Between you and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 2\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Asimbonanga[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n Asimbonang'umfowethu thina[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch] \r\n Laph'ekhona[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\n La wafela khona[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBRIDGE\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n HEY wena[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n hey wena nawe[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Sizofik a nini la'Siyakhona[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS 1\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Asimbonanga[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n Asimbonang'um Mandela thina[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch] \r\n Laph'ekona[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Laph'ehleli khona[/tab]","plain_text":"ASIMBONANGA\nJohnny Clegg\nALBUM Third World Child (1987)\n\n\nThis song is about Mandela who was then still in prison. Asimbonanga means \"we couldn't see him\"\n\n\nCHORUS 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS 1","chords":["G","Em","D","Am","C","A"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}