Touch The Sun chords by Johnny Clegg

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

G  A  Em  Em
G  A  Em  Em


Verse 1:
G       A
Sitting in her bed,
Em             Em
But inside her head,
        G           A              Em    Em
She can see all the colours of the sun.
G           A
She travels time and space,
   Em                 Em
To when the world was young,
G            A            Em  Em
She's taking notes on the run,
G            A
She sees the faces,
    Em               Em
And tries to fit the names,
     G                A              Em    Em
Understanding strange moments in the game.
    G                      A
She knows that if you look back in anger,
         Em       Em
You will never be free,
      G                A        D
She's going home and I hear her singing to me.

Chorus:
 G                 C
Ubani Bengathintha Thina,
                     G/B
Sibamba Ilanga Nangezandla,
 G                 C
Ubani Bengathintha Thina,
                        G/B
Will I really touch the sun?
G                  C
Ubani Bengathintha Thina
                    G/B
Sibamba Ilanga Nangezandla
G                  C
Ubani Bengathintha Thina
                     G/B
Will I really be the one?
G   C  C  G/B
    G       C          C               G/B
The fire in flame that colours in your name,
G              C
Holding out my hands,
  C            G/B
A shiny yellow band,
G              C
Burns away the pain,
C             G/B
Dries out the rain.
G                  C      C  G/B
Ubani Bengathintha Thina


Interlude:
G  A  Em
G  A  Em


Verse 2:
G      A              Em
In the darkness she recalls all that was said,
        G               A           Em   Em7
And the years she spent looking for love,
 G             A
'Mama! did you see me fall?
 Em7              Em
'Brother! did you hear my call?
 G               A                   Em  Em7
'People! can you see the race I have run?
G               A            Em              Em7
Time is not her own, and she feels it in her bones,
          G            A              Em  Em7
There's a strange hand tugging at her soul,
G           A            Em7                Em
Closing her eyes she's a young girl dancing free,
        G            A           Dsus4         D
And she hears an old song as she slides into a dream.


Chorus:
 G                 C
Ubani Bengathintha Thina,
                     G/B
Sibamba Ilanga Nangezandla,
 G                 C
Ubani Bengathintha Thina,
                        G/B
Will I really touch the sun?
G                  C
Ubani Bengathintha Thina
                    G/B
Sibamba Ilanga Nangezandla
G                  C
Ubani Bengathintha Thina
                     G/B
Will I really be the one?
G   C  C  G/B
G   C  C  G/B
G              C
Holding out my hands,
  C            G/B
A shiny yellow band,
G              C
Burns away the pain,
C             G/B
Dries out the rain.
G                  C      C  G/B
Ubani Bengathintha Thina
G                 C
Ubani Bengathintha Thina,
                        G/B
Will I really touch the sun?
N.C.
Ubani Bengathintha Thina,
N.C.
Sibamba Ilanga Nangezandla,
N.C.
Ubani Bengathintha Thina.