{"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":731478,"song":"Munjana","artist":"Archie Roach","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11585294-munjana-chords-by-archie-roach/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/731478?type=chord","rating":4.71366,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTimes were hard in old Swan Hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd her circumstances got harder still [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe only thing this woman ever knew was pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt seemed she’d never know sweet happiness again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKicked around, treated bad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt’s not right for one so young to be so sad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA koori child should not have had this cross to bear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt makes me wonder if anybody really cares[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTroubled woman is your name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrough no fault of yours it seems you always got the blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd an old man’s voice calls from afar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho will shed a tear for Munjana?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFond memories of Moulamein[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe only happy times her family had seen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWishing that those happy times would never end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith Uncle John who at the time was their best friend[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut this young girl just couldn’t win[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe got in to trouble in Deniliquin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHad a lovely child way down in old Fitzroy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen the Welfare came and took her baby boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBaby Russell was his name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey took him from her arms and made her feel ashamed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTook him away to America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho will shed a tear for Munjana?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey changed his name and changed his home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhile he was growing up he always felt alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd through the years his history remained untold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe questioned why so they kicked him out at 12 years old[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse  6]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was on the streets for many years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo-one ever knew his pain or saw his tears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe took to using drugs and booze just to escape[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen one night they arrested him for murder and rape[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain 3 ]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTroubled woman, troubled man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDoesn’t anybody out there give a damn?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd an old man’s voice calls from afar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho will shed a tear for Munjana?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis one true mother who’d searched in vain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor her son she never thought she’d see again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe received a phone call from Florida[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey found her son and more bad news for Munjana[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHello Russell, this is your mother calling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlease forgive me I can’t stop the tears from falling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou come from this land and sun above[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                                 [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd always remember the strength of your mother’s love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey took you there when you were five[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow you’re in some jail trying to survive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if the truth be known when all have testified[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnother crime committed here was genocide[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTroubled woman is your name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrough no fault of yours it seemed you always got the blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd an old man’s voice calls from afar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho will shed a tear for Munjana?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho will shed a tear for Munjana?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD   Dsus4    D     G  D \n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse  6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain 3 ]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain 5]","chords":["D","Dsus4","G","A","D7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}