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(INTRO)
 Cm/ B♭ /  G/ Cm  
                        Cm  B♭                     Cm  
When the white man first came here from over the seas
                              Cm  B♭             G  
He looked and he said, this is God's own country
                                    Cm  B♭            A♭
He was mighty well pleased with this land that he'd found
                      Cm  B♭                   Cm  
And he said I will make here my own piece of ground
Now many's the battle he still had to fight
And the many's the family who died in the night
For many were the black men that lived all around
All of them wanting their own piece of ground
Then one fine day in 1883
Gold was discovered in good quantity
Now the country was rich, much richer than planned
And each digger wanted his own piece of land
White diggers were few and the gold was so deep
Black man was called 'cause his labor was cheap
With drill and with shovel he toiled underground
Six pennies a day to tender the ground
Now this land is so rich and it seems strange to me
That the black man whose labor has helped it to be
Cannot enjoy the fruits that abound
Is uprooted and kicked from his own piece of Land
Why some people say now don't you worry
We'll get you a nice piece of reserve territory
But how can a life for so many be found
On a miserable thirty per cent of the ground?
Yet, some people say now don't you worry
You can always find jobs in the white man's city
But don't stay too long and don't stay too deep
Or you're bound to disturb the white man in his sleep
                     Cm  A♭                      Cm  
White man don't sleep long and don't sleep too deep
For your life and your possessions, how long will you keep?
For I've heard a rumor that's running around
For That the black man's demanding his own piece of ground
CmHis own piece of ground
CmHis own piece of ground......

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Piece Of Ground

by Miriam Makeba

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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(INTRO)

Cm B G Cm

/ ♭ / /

Cm B Cm

♭

When the white man first came here from over the seas

Cm B G

♭

He looked and he said, this is God's own country

Cm B A

♭ ♭

He was mighty well pleased with this land that he'd found

Cm B Cm

♭

And he said I will make here my own piece of ground

Now many's the battle he still had to fight

And the many's the family who died in the night

For many were the black men that lived all around

All of them wanting their own piece of ground

Then one fine day in 1883

Gold was discovered in good quantity

Now the country was rich, much richer than planned

And each digger wanted his own piece of land

White diggers were few and the gold was so deep

Black man was called 'cause his labor was cheap

With drill and with shovel he toiled underground

Six pennies a day to tender the ground

Now this land is so rich and it seems strange to me

That the black man whose labor has helped it to be

Cannot enjoy the fruits that abound

Is uprooted and kicked from his own piece of Land

Why some people say now don't you worry

We'll get you a nice piece of reserve territory

But how can a life for so many be found

On a miserable thirty per cent of the ground?

Yet, some people say now don't you worry

You can always find jobs in the white man's city

But don't stay too long and don't stay too deep

Or you're bound to disturb the white man in his sleep

Cm A Cm

♭

White man don't sleep long and don't sleep too deep

For your life and your possessions, how long will you keep?

For I've heard a rumor that's running around

For That the black man's demanding his own piece of ground

His own piece of ground

His own piece of ground......

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