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Fatima easy guitar chords by
K'naan
K'naan

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Intro 1
G

Verse 1
G

Picture the morning taste and devour

We rise early pace up the hour

Streets is bustling hustling their heart out
Verse 2

You can't have the sweet with no sour
G

Spices herbs the sweet scent of flower

We came out precisely the hour

Clouds disappear the sun shows the power
Verse 3

No chance of a probable shower
G

I fell in love with my neighbors daughter

I wanted to protect and support her

Never mind I'm just 12 and a quarter
Verse 4

I had dreams beyond our border.
G
C

Is it true when they say all
G

you need is just love,

Is it true
C
G
C

What about those who have loved
G

Only to find that it's taken away

And why do they say that the
C
G

children have rights to be free

To be free
C
G

What about those who I've known
C
G

Whose memory still lives inside of me.
Verse 5
G

Fatima,
D

What did the Young Man say
G
C

Before he stole you away
G

On that fateful day Fatima

Fatima,
D

Did he know your name
C

Or the plans we made,
G

To go to New York City, Fatima
Verse 6
G

And after school we studied the lessons

I ask God to slow down the seconds

He does the opposite that's

what I'm guessing

I better chill and count my
Verse 7

own blessings
G

Fatima, Fatima what is the matter

How come you ain't come up the ladder

So we can be like there's no tomorrow

Damn you gonna make
Verse 8

me wait until tomorrow
G

She spoke Arabic and Swahili

She'd say Upendo (Swahili for love)

Anta Habibi (Arabic for, you are my

love, dearest friend)

You so bright, you shine like my TV
Verse 9

Then one day she never came to meet me
G
C

Is it true when they say all
G

you need is just love,

Is it true
C
G
C

What about those who have loved
G

Only to find that it's taken away

And why do they say that the

children have rights to be free

To be free
C
G

What about those who I've known
C
G

Whose memory still lives inside of me.
Verse 10
G

Fatima,
D

What did the Young Man say
G
C

Before he stole you away
G

On that fateful day Fatima

Fatima,
D

Did he know your name
C

Or the plans we made,
G

To go to New York City,
D

Fatima [Repeats]
G
If
Verse 11
C
G
D

G
C
G

beauty

was in the eyes of beholder

How come everyone hushed

when she walked by

How come girls would

look just to scold her

How come the angel

wanted to hold her?
Verse 12
G

Fatima, Fatima I'm in America

I make rhymes and I make them delicate

You would have liked

the parks in Connecticut

You would have said I'm working
Verse 13

too hard again.
G
C

Damn you shooter,
G
C

Damn you the building
G

Whose walls hid the blood
C

she was spilling
G

Damn you Country so good at killing
Verse 14

Damn you feeling, for persevering
G

Is it true when they say all
C
G

you need is just love,

Is it true
C
G
C

What about those who have loved
G

Only to find that it's taken away

And why do they say that the
C
G

children have rights to be free

To be free
C
G

What about those who I've known
C
G

Whose memory still lives inside

of me.
D
C
Verse 15
G


[Repeats]
D
C
G

Fatima,


What did the Gun Man Say
D
G
C

Before he took you away
G

on that fateful day

Fatima

Did he know your name,
C

or the plans we made
G

To go to New York City
Verse 16
G

Fatima

Now I just want to make it clear,
D
G
C
G

I don't want you to shed a tear.

Because this here, is a celebration,
D
G

C

We're not mourning,
G

We're celebrating

Yeah
D
G
C

So baby don't cry,
G

Please don't let the tears fall

So don't cry
C

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