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African chords by 
Barclay James Harvest
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Verse 1
Dsus4
Through the eyes of a child
There's no wrong or right
G
No reason to hate
No need for a fight
Dsus4
No color, no creed
No malice, no greed
Dm
F
G
Gm
G
D
Dsus4
D
Till the child becomes a man
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
Dm
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
F
G
D
Dsus4
D
Give up your freedom
C
Hand back your rights
G
Then change your color now
Bb
You're black not white
G
And there'll never be a
Bb
piece of the action
Dsus4
Now you're an African
D
Dsus4
Verse 2
D
Forget beliefs
C
and swallow your pain
G
You're just a number now
Bb
And Boy's your name
G
And you'll never get a
Bb
piece of the action
Gm
D
Now you're a working man
Verse 3
Dsus4
C
Dsus4
Afric an, Asian,
G
Dsus4
D
it's all the same
Dsus4
G
Brown, black, Caucasian
Dsus4
D
It's all the same
Dsus4
C
Dsus4
G
Slave labor, working class
Dsus4
D
What's in a name?
F
G
Far left, far right, center
Interlude 1
It's power they crave
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
Dm
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
F
G
Dsus4
D
Verse 4
D
The politics of Apartheid
C
The politics of shame
G
The cold abuse of human rights
Bb
Of torture and of pain
G
Bb
Are only part of the action
D
When you're an African
Verse 5
D
The politics of making more
C
The politics of greed
G
The cold abuse of poverty
Bb
To keep your labor cheap
G
Bb
Are only part of the action
D
When you're a working man
Verse 6
Dsus4
G
African, Asian,
Dsus4
D
it's all the same
Dsus4
G
Brown, black, Caucasian
Dsus4
D
It's all the same
Dsus4
G
Slave labor, working class
Dsus4
D
What's in a name?
F
G
Far left, far right, center
F
G
Far left, far right, center
Bb
C
Far left, far right, center
Dsus4
It's power they crave
Interlude 2
D
Dm
Bb
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
Dm
D
Dm
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
Dm
Bb
Dm
G
Verse 7
D
The politics of buying arms
When there's no food to eat
C
The politics of digging gold
Instead of planting seeds
Bb
The leader with his private golf course
And his flashy cars
G
Sits playing with his diamond wrist watch
While the people starve
Verse 8
D
The politics of shooting down
A plane that brings relief
C
By fat men playing power games
Who've got enough to eat
Bb
The politics of racial hate
The politics of war
G
The men who sell the guns have fun
Verse 9
While we all count the score
Bb
One, two, three, four
C
Thousands, millions
Bb
C
People dying just to keep
D
Them in the action
D
Verse 10
Through the eyes of a man
Dsus4
There's wrong and there's right
A reason to hate
There's need for a fight
Dsus4
There's color, there's creed
There's malice, there's greed
When the child becomes a man
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