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Biko chords by Peter Gabriel

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  • D

  • G

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Intro 1
(A major) (A major) (A major) (A major) (A major)
(A major) (A major) (A major) (A major)
Verse 1
(A major) September '77
Port E (D major) lizabeth, weather fine
It was (A major) business as usual
In po (D major) lice room 619

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Chorus 1
Oh (A major) Biko, Biko, because (D major) Biko
Oh (A major) Biko, Biko, because (D major) Biko
(G major) Yihla moja, (B major) yihla moja
The (A major) man is dead, the man is dead
Interlude 1
(A major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
(A major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
Verse 2
(A major) When I try and sleep at night
I can (D major) only dream in red
The outside (A major) world is black and white
With only (D major) one colour dead
Chorus 2
Oh (A major) Biko, Biko, because (D major) Biko
Oh (A major) Biko, Biko, because (D major) Biko
(G major) Yihla moja, (B major) yihla moja
The (A major) man is dead, the man is dead
Interlude 2
(A major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
(A major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
Verse 3
You can (A major) blow out a candle
But you (D major) can't blow out a fire
(A major) Once the flames begin to catch
The (D major) wind will blow it higher
Chorus 3
Oh (A major) Biko, Biko, because (D major) Biko
Oh (A major) Biko, Biko, because (D major) Biko
(G major) Yihla moja, (B major) yihla moja
The (A major) man is dead, the man is dead
Interlude 3
(A major) (D major)
And the eyes of the world are (A major) watching now,
watching now (D major)
Outro 1
(A major) Oh, oh, (D major) oh- (A major)
Oh, oh, (D major) oh- (A major)
Oh, oh, (D major) oh- (A major)
Oh, oh, (D major) oh- (A major)
[Repeat and fade]
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