Bobjan chords by Robbie Wessels

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
Em                                        Em                   C      B
Jan van der Merwe when he was very young, He got abducted by a big Bobjan
       Em                                                    Em                       Bm        B
He was playing in the field all alone under a tree, When the Bobjan took him and said come with me
Em                                         Em                                 C    B
Jan was scared he said “Agh please Bobjan, Take me back to my father I am his only son”
        Em                       Em                                        Bm        B
But the Bobjan laughed and said “Agh please I will be your father you will come with me.”


Chorus:
         E                                                         B
You will eat like a Bobjan, Drink like a Bobjan, Sleep like a real Bobjan
                                                                E
You will cry like a Bobjan, Love like a Bobjan, Run like a real Bobjan
                                                                     B
You will fight like a Bobjan, Shout like a Bobjan, Sing like a real Bobjan
                                                                    E
And if anybody asks you what is your name you will say your name is Bobjan

Verse 2:
E                                                   B
Jan was crying every day, He was wanting to go back home
                                                           E
But the Bobjan said he must stop to cry, He mustn’t be so alone
                                                                           B
He must play and sing with the other Bobjan, He will see they are all very nice
                                                                           E
He must eat the banana he must climb the trees, He must catch for him some lice


Chorus:
         E                                                         B
You will eat like a Bobjan, Drink like a Bobjan, Sleep like a real Bobjan
                                                                E
You will cry like a Bobjan, Love like a Bobjan, Run like a real Bobjan
                                                                     B
You will fight like a Bobjan, Shout like a Bobjan, Sing like a real Bobjan
                                                                    E
And if anybody asks you what is your name you will say your name is Bobjan


Verse 3:
    E                                                       B
One day Jan was sitting in a tree, Still wanting to go back home
                                                                                     E
He was missing his father, he was missing his mother, he was missing his best friend Jo
                                                          B
And the Bobjan said “Hey Jan my son it is time for you to go.”
                                                                                          E
“You are missing your father you are missing your mother you are missing your best friend Jo”


Chorus:
         E                                                         B
You will eat like a Bobjan, Drink like a Bobjan, Sleep like a real Bobjan
                                                                E
You will cry like a Bobjan, Love like a Bobjan, Run like a real Bobjan
                                                                     B
You will fight like a Bobjan, Shout like a Bobjan, Sing like a real Bobjan
                                                                    E
And if anybody asks you what is your name you will say your name is Bobjan


 Verse 4:
E                                                        B
Jan was happy but also sad, He was leaving his friends behind
                                                                  E
He was starting to feel like a real Bobjan in his body and in his mind
                                                                                 B
He was running back home like a real Bobjan, With his hands and his feets on the ground
                                                          E
Shouting and crying like a real Bobjan with a real Bobjan sound


Chorus:
         E                                                         B
You will eat like a Bobjan, Drink like a Bobjan, Sleep like a real Bobjan
                                                                E
You will cry like a Bobjan, Love like a Bobjan, Run like a real Bobjan
                                                                     B
You will fight like a Bobjan, Shout like a Bobjan, Sing like a real Bobjan
                                                                    E
And if anybody asks you what is your name you will say your name is Bobjan


 Verse 5:
     E                                                                    B
Back home his father and his mother is stressed, Their son is a different man
                                                                E
He eats like a Bobjan drinks like a Bobjan sleeps like a Bobjan can
                                                                   B
And they ask him “Son, what is your name?” and he says “My name is Bobjan”
                                                       E
And they say “No son, your name is Jan” “No my name is Bobjan!”


Chorus:
       E                                                         B
I will eat like a Bobjan, Drink like a Bobjan, Sleep like a real Bobjan
                                                              E
I will cry like a Bobjan, Love like a Bobjan, Run like a real Bobjan
                                                                  B
I will fight like a Bobjan, Shout like a Bobjan, Sing like a real Bobjan
                                                             E
And if anybody asks me what is my name I will say my name is Bobjan


Verse 6:
    E                                                   B
Now Jan is working nine to five in the office in Joburg east
                                                                E
He also have a wife and lots of kids and every time they have a feast
                                               B
Jan’s wife she asks him nice, “Please behave tonight.”
                                                              E
Then he says “My wife im a man in my heart but a Bobjan in my mind.”


Chorus:
       E                                                         B
I will eat like a Bobjan, Drink like a Bobjan, Sleep like a real Bobjan
                                                              E
I will cry like a Bobjan, Love like a Bobjan, Run like a real Bobjan
                                                                  B
I will fight like a Bobjan, Shout like a Bobjan, Sing like a real Bobjan
                                                             E
And if anybody asks me what is my name I will say my name is Bobjan