Chords with lyrics
[Intro]
Eb MajorEb FF Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb 4x
[Verse]
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
I can't forget you my little Mushanga
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
I keep a place in my heart for you
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
The days of waiting they keep getting longer
G minorGm Eb MajorEb FF
And not a thing I can do
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
I was a poet, a magazine writer
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
Sent to report on political views
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
It was by chance through a lens that I met you
G minorGm Eb MajorEb FF G+G
A augmentedA Capetown girl with no shoes
[Chorus]
C majorC G+G
You were runnin' down the road
Am7Am7 G/BG/B C majorC
I was going your way
Dm7Dm7 FF C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
You smiled though you were suffering
FF Bb majorBb F/AF/A Eb MajorEb
I didn't understand, then
Bb majorBb FF
You broke into my heart
G minorGm FF
I saw your eyes and then I knew
Bb majorBb FF
You broke into my heart
G minorGm FF
Like the wind and rain that followed you
Bb majorBb FF
You broke into my heart
G minorGm FF
Had the Lord above forgotten you?
AbAb Eb MajorEb
You broke in from the start
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb AbAb
And all my tears belong to you
Eb MajorEb FF Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb MajorEb FF Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Mushanga, oh , Mushanga, oh
[Verse]
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
I sat and watched as she danced by the fires
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
Through ancient songs did the tale unfold
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
They sang of diamonds that came from their mountains
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
The loss of lives mining white man's gold
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
I had to leave and go back to Manhattan
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
Where all my stories are bought and sold
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
I know the city would surely be saddened
G minorGm Eb MajorEb FF G+G
If what I knew could be told
[Chorus]
C majorC G+G
You were runnin' down the road
Am7Am7 G/BG/B C majorC
I was going your way
Dm7Dm7 FF C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
You smiled though you were suffering
FF Bb majorBb F/AF/A Eb MajorEb
I didn't understand, then
Bb majorBb FF
You broke into my heart
G minorGm FF
I saw your eyes and then I knew
Bb majorBb FF
You broke into my heart
G minorGm FF
Like the wind and rain that followed you
Bb majorBb FF
You broke into my heart
G minorGm FF
Had the Lord above forgotten you?
AbAb Eb MajorEb
You broke in from the start
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb AbAb
And all my tears belong to you
Eb MajorEb FF Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb MajorEb FF Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Mushanga, oh , Mushanga, oh
[Instrumental break]
[Bridge]
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
It's been so long since I last heard your laughter
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
So many letters and still no news
G minorGm Eb MajorEb Ebmaj7/Bb FF
I hope you find all the things that you're after
G minorGm Eb MajorEb FF G+G
You know my heart is with you
[Chorus]
C majorC G+G
You were runnin' down the road
Am7Am7 G/BG/B C majorC
I was going your way
Dm7Dm7 FF C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
You smiled though you were suffering
FF Bb majorBb F/AF/A Eb MajorEb
I didn't understand, then
Bb majorBb FF
You broke into my heart
G minorGm FF
I saw your eyes and then I knew
Bb majorBb FF
You broke into my heart
G minorGm FF
Like the wind and rain that followed you
Bb majorBb FF
You broke into my heart
G minorGm FF
Had the Lord above forgotten you?
Bb majorBb FF
You broke into my heart
G minorGm FF
I saw your eyes and then I knew
AbAb Eb MajorEb
You broke in from the start
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb AbAb
And all my tears belong to you
Eb MajorEb FF Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb MajorEb FF Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb