African chords by 
Barclay James Harvest 
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
Esus4
Through the eyes of a child
There's no wrong or right
A
No reason to hate
No need for a fight
Esus4
No color, no creed
No malice, no greed
Em
G
A
Am
A
E
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E
Till the child be comes a man
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E
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Em
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G
A
E
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Give up your freedom
D
Hand back your rights
A
Then change your color now
C
You're black not white
A
And there'll never be a
C
piece of the action
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Now you're an African
E
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Verse 2
E
Forget beliefs
D
and swallow your pain
A
You're just a number now
C
And Boy's your name
A
And you'll never get a
C
piece of the action
Am
E
Now you're a working man
Verse 3
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D
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Afric an, Asian,
A
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E
it's all the same
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A
Brown, black, Caucasi an
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E
It's all the same
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D
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A
Slave labor, work ing class
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E
What's in a name?
G
A
Far left, far right, center
Interlude 1
It's power they crave
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Em
E
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G
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Verse 4
E
The politics of Apartheid
D
The politics of shame
A
The cold abuse of human rights
C
Of tor ture and of pain
A
C
Are only part of the action
E
When you're an African
Verse 5
E
The politics of making more
D
The politics of greed
A
The cold abuse of poverty
C
To keep your labor cheap
A
C
Are only part of the action
E
When you're a work ing man
Verse 6
Esus4
A
African, Asian,
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E
it's all the same
Esus4
A
Brown, black, Caucasi an
Esus4
E
It's all the same
Esus4
A
Slave labor, work ing class
Esus4
E
What's in a name?
G
A
Far left, far right, center
G
A
Far left, far right, center
C
D
Far left, far right, center
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It's power they crave
Interlude 2
E
Em
C
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Em
E
Em
E
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Em
C
Em
A
Verse 7
E
The politics of buying arms
When there's no food to eat
D
The politics of digging gold
Instead of planting seeds
C
The leader with his private golf course
And his flashy cars
A
Sits playing with his diamond wrist watch
While the people starve
Verse 8
E
The politics of shooting down
A plane that brings relief
D
By fat men playing power games
Who've got enough to eat
C
The politics of racial hate
The politics of war
A
The men who sell the guns have fun
Verse 9
While we all count the score
C
One, two, three, four
D
Thousands, millions
C
D
People dying just to keep
E
Them in the action
E
Verse 10
Through the eyes of a man
Esus4
There's wrong and there's right
A reason to hate
There's need for a fight
Esus4
There's col or, there's creed
There's malice, there's greed
When the child becomes a man
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