Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)
- Submitter:
Ayreon77 - Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - African
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Face To Face (1987)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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E MajorE
Through the eyes of a child
There`s no wrong or right
A augmentedA
No reason to hate
No need for a fight
E MajorE
No color, no creed
A augmentedA 
G+G
No malice, no greed
A augmentedA
Till the child becomes a man
E MajorE G+G A augmentedA E MajorE
E MajorE
Give up your freedom
D MajorD
Hand back your rights
A augmentedA
Then change your color now
C majorC
You`re black not white
A augmentedA C majorC
And there`ll never be a piece of the action
E MajorE
Now you`re an African
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VERSE 2
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E MajorE D MajorD
Forget beliefs and swallow your pain
A augmentedA
You`re just a number now
C majorC
And Boy`s your name
A augmentedA C majorC
And you`ll never get a piece of the action
E MajorE
Now you`re a working man
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PRE CHORUS
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E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
African, Asian, it`s all the same
E MajorE A augmentedA
Brown, black, Caucasian
E MajorE
It`s all the same
E MajorE A augmentedA
Slave labor, working class
E MajorE
What`s in a name
G+G A augmentedA
Far left, far right, center
E MajorE
It`s power they crave
E MajorE C majorC E MajorE
E A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA E MajorE
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CHORUS
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E MajorE
The politics of Apartheid
D MajorD
The politics of shame
A augmentedA
The cold abuse of human rights
C majorC
Of torture and of pain
A augmentedA
Are only part of the action
C majorC E MajorE
When you`re an African
E MajorE
The politics of making more
D MajorD
The politics of greed
A augmentedA
The cold abuse of poverty
C majorC
To keep your labor cheap
A augmentedA
Are only part of the action
C majorC E MajorE
When you`re a working man
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PRE CHORUS
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E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
African, Asian, it`s all the same
E MajorE A augmentedA
Brown, black, Caucasian
E MajorE
It`s all the same
E MajorE A augmentedA
Slave labor, working class
E MajorE
What`s in a name
G+G A augmentedA
Far left, far right, center
G+G A augmentedA
Far left, far right, center
C majorC D MajorD
Far left, far right, center
E MajorE
It`s power they crave
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SOLO
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E MajorE A augmentedA C majorC E MajorE A augmentedA
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CHORUS
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E MajorE
The politics of buying arms
When there`s no food to eat
D MajorD
The politics of digging gold
Instead of planting seeds
C majorC
The leader with his private golf course
And his flashy cars
A augmentedA
Sits playing with his diamond wrist watch
While the people starve
E MajorE
The politics of shooting down
A augmentedA plane that brings relief
D MajorD
By fat men playing power games
Who`ve got enough to eat
C majorC
The politics of racial hate
The politics of war
A augmentedA
The men who sell the guns have fun
While we all count the score
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BRIDGE
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C majorC
One, two, three, four
D MajorD
Thousands, millions
C majorC D MajorD
People dying just to keep
E MajorE
Them in the action
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VERSE 3
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A augmentedA
Through the eyes of a man
D MajorD
There`s wrong and there`s right
A augmentedA
A majorA reason to hate
There`s need for a fight
E MajorE
There`s color, there`s creed
A augmentedA G+G
There`s malice, there`s greed
A augmentedA
When the child becomes a man
ENJOY..........
Other versions of African
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for African nights by Barclay James Harvest
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| African nights | Chords |
