African Children Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][D][Em][D][Em][D]
[Em][D]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Many African chil[D]dren,[Em]
[D]Living in [Bm]a conc[Em]rete situation
[D]Afr[Em]ican [D]children[Em][G]
[Bm]Are living in a [D]conc[Em]rete situa[G]tion[Bm]
[D]African chi[Em]ldren[G][Bm]
[D]They don't [Em]know a where
they're coming [G]from[Bm]
Afric[D]an [Em]children[G][Bm]
[D]Right her[Em]e in a mea[G]n world gua[Bm]rded[D]
[Bm]Afric[D]an [Em]children[Bm]
[D][Em]

[Verse 2]
[D]
[Em]All of the natio[Bm]n are
Living in these tene[Em]ments,
[G]Cry[Bm]ing a[F#m]nd[Em]
applying [Bm]to their council
For assist[Em]ance[G][Bm][F#m][Em]
Their [G]tribulation it's [Bm]so sad[D]
[Em]Their enviro[G]nment it i[Bm]s so b[D]ad
[Em]High rise [G]concrete
[Bm]No back ya[D]rd f[Em]or their ch[G]ildren to play
[Bm]African ch[D]il[Em]dren

[Verse 3]
[G]
[D]Are living in a con[Em]crete situati[G]on[Bm]
[D]African chi[Em]ldren
[C]Wel[G]l, [Bm]they don't know[Em]
where you're com[G]ing [Bm]a- from
[D]African chi[Em]l dre[G]n[D][Bm]
[D]Afr[Em]ican [G]ch[Bm]ildre[D]n[Em]
[G][Bm][D][Em][G][Bm][D]

[Verse 4]
[Em]All the people are l[G]ivin[Bm]g
in these tene[Em]ments[G][Bm]
[D]A p[Em]recas[G]t stonewall
con[D]crete cubicles
[Em]Thei[G]r re[Bm]nt[D][Em][G]
increasing [Bm]every other day
[Em]Structural repairs[Bm] assessed
and never done
[Em]Lift out of ac[G]tion on
the twenty- [Bm]sev enth floor
And [Em]when they work [G]don't
you [Bm]know it smell
[G]Afric

[Verse 5]
[D]an [Em]children[D][Em][D][Em][D][Em]
[D]
[Em]How many African c[D]hildren,
they're right [Em]here in the carni[D]val
[Em]How many African child[D]ren,
they must [Em]know where they're coming from
[D]African [Em]chil[D] dre[Em]n[D][Em]
[D]Afric[Em] an c[D]hi[Em]ldren[D]
[Em]Living in a concrete situation
[D]African chi[Em]ldren
[D]They don't kno[Em]w where
they're coming from
[D]African chil[Em]dren
Down there down there [D]in a [Em]concrete
[D]African chi[Em]ldren
[D]They don't [Em]know where they're coming [D]from

[Outro 1]
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