{"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":422774,"song":"Gimme Hope Joanna","artist":"Eddy Grant","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11559831-gimme-hope-joanna-chords-by-eddy-grant/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/422774?type=chord","rating":4.93864,"votes":138,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell Jo'anna she runs a country[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe runs in Durban and the Transvaal[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe makes a few of her people happy, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe don't care about the rest at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's got a system they call apartheid[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt keeps a brother in a subjection[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut maybe pressure can make Jo'anna see[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHow everybody could a live as one, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Fore the morning come[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHope before the morning come[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI hear she makes all the golden money[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo buy new weapons, any shape of guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhile every mother in black Soweto fears[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe killing of another son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSneakin' across all the neighbors' borders[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow and again having little fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe doesn't care if the fun and games she play[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nis dang'rous to ev'ryone, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Fore the morning come[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHope before the morning come[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's got supporters in high up places[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho turn their heads to the city sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nJo'anna give them the fancy money, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nto tempt anyone who'd come[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe even knows how to swing opinion[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn every magazine and the journals[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor every bad move that this Jo'anna makes[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey got a good explanation, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Fore the morning come[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHope before the morning come[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEven the preacher who works for Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe Archbishop who's a peaceful man[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTogether say that the freedom fighters will[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\novercome the very strong[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI want to know if you're blind Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you want to hear the sound of drums[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCan't you see that the tide is turning, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\ndon't make me wait till the morning come, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Fore the morning come[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGimme hope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHope, Jo'anna[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHope before the morning come[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA D A D\nA D A E\nA\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","D","E","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}