Scatterlings Of Africa chords by Johnny Clegg

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
FF
G+G
FF G+G
FF
G+G
FF G+G C majorC FF G+G D MajorD


Verse 1:
 C majorC     FF   G+G
Copper sun sinking low
C majorC         FF   G+G
Scatterlings and fugitives
 C majorC   FF     FF G+G  C majorC
Hooded eyes and weary brows
 C majorC  G+G      FF
Seek refuge in the night

Chorus:
 C majorC     FF      G+G  FF   G+G FF
They are the scatterlings of Africa
 FF      G+G
Each uprooted one
 C majorC  FF  G+G  FF    G+G FF
On the road to Phelamanga
FF        G+G
Where the world began
 C majorC     FF      G+G  FF  G+G FF
I love the scatterlings of Africa
FF       G+G
Each and every one
 C majorC     FF      G+G  FF   G+G FF
In their hearts a burning hunger
FF         G+G
Beneath the copper sun


Break:
FF
G+G
FF G+G
FF
G+G
FF G+G C majorC FF G+G D MajorD


Verse 2:
C majorC      FF   G+G
Broken wall, bicycle wheel
 C majorC     FF   G+G
African sun forging steel, singing
C majorC         FF   G+G
Magic machine cannot match
C majorC      FF   G+G
Human being human being
FF    G+G
African idea
FF    G+G
African idea
C majorC    FF   G+G
Make the future clear
C majorC    FF   G+G
Make the future clear

Chorus:
 C majorC     FF      G+G     FF G+G
They are the scatterlings of Africa
FF       G+G
Each uprooted one
C majorC   FF    G+G   FF
On the road to Phelamanga
 FF     G+G
Beneath the copper sun
C majorC      FF      G+G FF   FF G+G
And for the scatterlings of Africa
FF      G+G
The journey has begun
C majorC    FF  G+G  FF
Future find their hungry eyes
 FF     G+G
Beneath the copper sun


Verse 3:
 C majorC   FF   G+G  FF
Ancient bones from Olduvai
 C majorC      FF  G+G   FF
Echoes of the very first cry
 C majorC      FF   G+G  FF
"Who made me, here and why? --
C majorC       FF   G+G
Beneath this copper sun."
C majorC    FF  G+G   FF
Now they lie deeply buried
C majorC       G+G  A augmentedA
In the dust of Olduvai


Chorus:
 C majorC     FF      G+G  FF   G+G FF
And we are scatterlings of Africa
FF      G+G
Both you and I
C majorC       FF  G+G  FF
We are on the road to Phelamanga
 FF     G+G
Beneath a copper sky
 C majorC     FF   G+G    A augmentedA
And we are scatterlings of Africa
FF          G+G
On a journey to the stars
 C majorC      FF   G+G
Far below we leave forever
 C majorC      G+G
Dreams of what we were


Outro:
 C majorC    G+G     A augmentedA
Hawu beke Mama-ye! Mama-ye!
FF    G+G
In the beginning
 C majorC      FF   G+G
Beneath the copper sky
 C majorC FF  G+G
Ancient bones
FF    G+G    C majorC
In the dust of Olduvai
 FF      G+G     C majorC
Who made us, here, and why?
 C majorC
Remember!
 FF       G+G A augmentedA C majorC
Scatterlings of Africa

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