Key: Eb major
Intro 1
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D
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Verse 1
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I'm longing
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for my people out there on their own
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Rooted so deeply in other lands,
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so far away from home
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blood sweat and tears since that awful day
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Chained and bound against your will,
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they took you all away
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African eagle, why don't
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D
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fly away
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When the barriers are broken,
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and separation is no more
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Peace is more than a word spoken,
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families unite as they did before
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Fly
African
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Eagle, why don't you
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Fly, fly away, fly away,
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fly away
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Fly away, fly, fly away,
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D
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fly away
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Nigeria, peace in
Soweto
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Peace in
Africa
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I'm thinking about your suffering,
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while your victory we're celebrating
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Africa rising, how the world is watching
African eagle,
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why don't you fly over your mountain?
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Fly, fly away, fly away
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you fly over your mountain?
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Fly, fly away, fly away
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Come on and fly away,
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fly away
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long time they've missed home
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like someone who's not alone
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I wanna know how they do it,
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it's a long time they left home
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African eagle, why don't you
D
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Fly, fly away, fly away,
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time to go home now
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The cage is open right now
Outro 1
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