A Piece of Ground
A Piece of Ground

A Piece of Ground easy guitar chords by Miriam Makeba

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Guitar
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E A D G B E

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Fret 3

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    When 
    the 
    white 
    man 

    first 
    came 
    here 
    from 
    over 
    the 
    seas 

    He 
    looked 
    and 
    he said, 

    this 
    is God's 
    own 
    country 

    He 
    was 
    mighty 
    well 
    pleased 
    with 

    this land 
    that 
    he'd found 

    An
    d 
    he said 
    I 
    will make 
    here my 

    own 
    piece 
    of 
    ground 

    Verse 2

    Now 
    many's 
    the battle 

    he still 
    had 
    to fight

    And 
    many's 
    the family 

    who died 
    in the 
    night 

    'Cause 
    many's 
    the black 
    men 

    who 
    lived 
    all around 

    All 
    of 
    them 
    wanting 
    their 

    own piece 
    of 
    ground 

    Verse 3
    Then 
    one 
    fine 
    day 
    in 
    1883 

    Gold 
    was discovered 
    in 
    good 
    quantity 

    Now 
    the 
    country 
    was 
    rich 

    and was 
    richer 
    than 
    planned 

    And 
    each dig
    ger 
    wanted 
    his 

    own 
    piece 
    of 
    land 

    Verse 4

    White 
    diggers 
    were 
    few 
    and 

    the 
    gold 
    was 
    so 
    deep 

    Black 
    man 
    was 
    called 
    'cause 

    his 
    labor 
    was 
    cheap 

    With 
    drill 
    and 
    with shovel 

    he toiled 
    un
    der
    ground 

    Six 
    pennies 
    a day 
    to 
    tender 

    the 
    ground 

    Verse 5

    Now this 
    land 
    is so 
    rich 
    and 

    it seems 
    strange 
    to 
    me 

    That the 
    black 
    man 
    whose 
    labor 

    has helped 
    it to 
    be 

    Cannot 
    en
    joy 
    the 
    fruits 
    that 
    abound 

    Is 
    up
    rooted 
    and 
    kicked 
    from 

    his 
    own piece 
    of 
    land 

    Verse 6

    Why 
    some 
    people 
    say 
    now 

    don't 
    you worry 

    We'll 
    get 
    you 
    a nice 
    piece 

    of re
    serve 
    territory 

    But 
    I'll 
    give 
    my a 
    life 
    that 
    ten 

    mil
    lion 
    can 
    be 
    found 

    On 
    a miserable 
    thirty 
    per 
    cent 

    of 
    the 
    ground? 

    Verse 7

    Yes 
    some 
    people 
    say 
    now 

    don't 
    you 
    worry 

    You can 
    always 
    find 
    jobs 

    in 
    the 
    white 
    mans 
    city 

    But 
    don't 
    stay 
    too 
    long 
    and 

    don't 
    stay 
    too 
    deep 

    For you're 
    bound 
    to 
    dis
    turb 

    the white 
    man 
    in his 
    sleep 

    Verse 8

    White 
    man 
    don't 
    sleep 
    long 
    an

    d don't 
    sleep 
    too 
    deep 

    For your 
    life 
    and 
    possessions 

    how 
    long 
    will 
    you 
    keep? 

    'Cause 
    I've 
    heard 
    a rumour 

    that's 
    run
    ning 
    around 

    For the 
    black 
    man's 
    de
    mand

    ing 
    his 
    own 
    piece 
    of 
    ground 

    His 
    own piece 
    of 
    ground 

    His 
    own piece 
    of 
    ground 

    His 
    own piece 
    of 
    ground 

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