{"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":2761618,"song":"Boy Is A Nation","artist":"Allan Taylor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11534126-boy-is-a-nation-chords-by-allan-taylor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2761618?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Boy\" is a nation with fire in its soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTired of living in one stinking hole[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTownships of cardboard, paper and tin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNothing to lose but to win[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Boy\" feeds his family and does what he's told[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDigging for diamonds, mining for gold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nEmptying garbage, cleaning the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNothing to wear on his feet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo weeks a year he goes home to his wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlanting his seed, continuing life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBuilding the numbers, filling the line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's only a matter of time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen man is denied a piece of his land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nViolence comes by unspoken command[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne piece of land to nurture and farm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne piece of land for a home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Boy\" is just one of a thousand the same[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Boy\" is a thousand of thousands again[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStanding in line with a hand in each hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe circles the whole of his land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Boy\" is a nation with fire in its soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTired of living in one stinking hole[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTownships of cardboard, paper and tin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNothing to lose but to win[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow long Mayibuye Africa[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}