African chords by Barclay James Harvest (Ver. 2)

• 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
Through the eyes of a child

There`s no wrong or right
   A
No reason to hate

No need for a fight
   E
No color, no creed
   A          G
No malice, no greed
                         A
Till the child becomes a man

E       G A E

E
Give up your freedom
D
Hand back your rights
A
Then change your color now
       C
You`re black not white
             A                       C
And there`ll never be a piece of the action
              E
Now you`re an African


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VERSE 2
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E                  D
Forget beliefs and swallow your pain
A
You`re just a number now
    C
And Boy`s your name
           A                        C
And you`ll never get a piece of the action
             E
Now you`re a working man


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PRE CHORUS
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E        A                   E
African, Asian, it`s all the same
E             A
Brown, black, Caucasian
             E
It`s all the same
E            A
Slave labor, working class
            E
What`s in a name
G                    A
Far left, far right, center
                E
It`s power they crave

E       C E
E  A  G A E


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CHORUS
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    E
The politics of Apartheid
    D
The politics of shame
    A
The cold abuse of human rights
   C
Of torture and of pain
    A
Are only part of the action
C                 E
   When you`re an African
    E
The politics of making more
    D
The politics of greed
    A
The cold abuse of poverty
   C
To keep your labor cheap
    A
Are only part of the action
C                 E
    When you`re a working man


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PRE CHORUS
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E        A                   E
African, Asian, it`s all the same
E             A
Brown, black, Caucasian
             E
It`s all the same
E            A
Slave labor, working class
            E
What`s in a name
G                    A
Far left, far right, center
G                    A
Far left, far right, center
C                    D
Far left, far right, center
                E
It`s power they crave


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SOLO
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E       A C E A


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CHORUS
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    E
The politics of buying arms

When there`s no food to eat
    D
The politics of digging gold

Instead of planting seeds
    C
The leader with his private golf course

And his flashy cars
     A
Sits playing with his diamond wrist watch

While the people starve
    E
The politics of shooting down

A plane that brings relief
   D
By fat men playing power games

Who`ve got enough to eat
    C
The politics of racial hate

The politics of war
    A
The men who sell the guns have fun

While we all count the score


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BRIDGE
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C
One, two, three, four
D
Thousands, millions
C            D
People dying just to keep
            E
Them in the action


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VERSE 3
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            A
Through the eyes of a man
        D
There`s wrong and there`s right
  A
A reason to hate

There`s need for a fight
        E
There`s color, there`s creed
         A              G
There`s malice, there`s greed
                         A
When the child becomes a man



ENJOY..........