African Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Dsus4]Through the eyes of a child
There's no wrong or right
No reason [G]to hate
No need for a fight
[Dsus4]No color, no creed
No malice, no greed
[Dm]Till the [F]child be[G]comes a [Gm]man[G][D][Dsus4][D]
[Dsus4]
[D][Dsus4][D][Dm][Dsus4][D]
[Dsus4][D][F][G][D]
[Dsus4]Give up your[D] freedom
[C]Hand back your rights
[G]Then change your color now
You're [Bb]black not white
And there'll [G]never be a
piece of the [Bb]action
Now you're an [Dsus4]African
[D][Dsus4]

[Verse 2]
[D]Forget beliefs
and [C]swallow your pain
[G]You're just a number now
And [Bb]Boy's your name
And you'll [G]never get a
piece of the [Bb]action
Now [Gm]you're [D]a working man

[Verse 3]
[Dsus4]Afric an,[C] Asi[Dsus4]an,
[G]it's all the[Dsus4] same[D]
[Dsus4]Brown, black, Ca[G]ucasian
It's all the [Dsus4]same[D]
[Dsus4]Slave lab[C]or, wor[Dsus4]king clas[G]s
What's in a [Dsus4]name?[D]
[F]Far left, far right, [G]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]
The [D]politics of Apartheid
The [C]politics of shame
The [G]cold abuse of human rights
Of tor[Bb]ture and of pain
Are [G]only part of the [Bb]action
When you're an [D]African

[Verse 5]
[D]The politics of making more
[C]The politics of greed
The [G]cold abuse of poverty
To keep [Bb]your labor cheap
Are [G]only part of the [Bb]action
When you're a work[D]ing man

[Verse 6]
[Dsus4]African, [G]Asian,
it's all [Dsus4]the same[D]
[Dsus4]Brown, black, Ca[G]ucasian
It's all the [Dsus4]same[D]
[Dsus4]Slave labor, working[G] class
What's in a [Dsus4]name?[D]
[F]Far left, far right, [G]center
[F]Far left, far right, [G]center
[Bb]Far left, far right, c[C]enter
It's power they [Dsus4]crave

[Interlude 2]
[D][Dm][Bb]
[Dsus4][D][Dsus4]
[D][Dm][D][Dm][D][Dsus4]
[D][Dsus4][Dm][Bb][Dm][G]

[Verse 7]
The [D]politics of buying arms
When there's no food to eat
The [C]politics of digging gold
Instead of planting seeds
The [Bb]leader with his private golf course
And his flashy cars
Sits [G]playing with his diamond wrist watch
While the people starve

[Verse 8]
The [D]politics of shooting down
A plane that brings relief
By [C]fat men playing power games
Who've got enough to eat
The [Bb]politics of racial hate
The politics of war
The men [G]who sell the guns have fun

[Verse 9]
While we all count the score
[Bb]One, two, three, four
[C]Thousands, millions
[Bb]People dying [C]just to keep
Them in the [D]action
[D]

[Verse 10]
Through the eyes of a man
There's wrong and [Dsus4]there's right
A reason to hate
There's need for a fight
There's col[Dsus4]or, there's creed
There's malice, there's greed
When the child becomes a man