Gimme Hope Jo'anna chords by
Eddy Grant

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Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Well Jo'anna she

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runs a country

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She runs in Durban and the Transvaal

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She makes a few of her

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people happy, oh

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She don't care about the rest at all

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She's got a system they call apartheid

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It keeps a brother in a subjection

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But maybe pressure can

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make Jo'anna see

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How everybody could a live as one

Verse 2

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Gimme hope, Jo'anna

Hope, Jo'anna

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Gimme hope, Jo'anna

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'Fore the morning come

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Gimme hope, Jo'anna

Hope, Jo'anna

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Hope before the morning come

Verse 3

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I hear she make all the golden money

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To buy new weapons,

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any shape of guns

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While every mother in black

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Soweto fears

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The killing of another son

Sneakin' across all the

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neighbors' borders

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Now and again having little fun

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She doesn't care if the fun

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and games she play

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Is dangerous to everyone

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Interlude 1

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Verse 4

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She's got supporters in high up places

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Who turn their heads to the city sun

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Jo'anna give them the fancy money

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Oh to tempt anyone who'd come

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She even knows how to swing opinion

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In every magazine and the journals

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For every bad move that

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this Jo'anna makes

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They got a good explanation

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Interlude 2

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Verse 5

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Even

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the preacher who works for Jesus

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The Archbishop who's

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a peaceful man

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Together say that the freedom fighters

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Will overcome the very strong

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I want to know if you're blind Jo'anna

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If you want to hear the

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sound of drums

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Can't you see that the tide is turning

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Oh don't make me wait till the morning

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come

Outro 1

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The original key of Gimme Hope Jo'anna by Eddy Grant is Bb major.

The primary chords used in Gimme Hope Jo'anna are Bb, Eb, F, Cm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Bb, Eb, F, Cm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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