Down In Africa

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[C]Down [G]in Africa,
[C]children are dy[G]ing[C]
[G]Down in Africa, [C]children are [G]dying
[C]No [G]one hea[C]rs, no [G]one hears
[C]No [G]one [C]hears their [G]cries
[C]Speak [G]loud,
[C]and break the sil[G]ence
Break the [C]silence,
cause [G]that's the only way,
[C]they can [G]hear you cry[C]ing
[G]Speak loud,
[C]and break the sil[G]ence,
[C]cause [G]that's the only [C]way,
they can [G]hear you cry[C]ing
[G]I hear v[C]oices t[G]elling me,
[C]it's tim[G]e for my peo[C]ple to be fre[G]e
[C]The [G]younger generation,
[C]African nation,
[G]must have a future
[C]They've been [G]living in [C]darkness
much too [G]long, much [C]too long
[G]Down in [C]Africa,
the children are [G]cry[C]ing
[G]Down in Africa,
[C]the children are dy [G]ing[C]
[G]No one cares, [C]no [G]one car[C]es
[G]No one here,
[C]they're cry[G]ing[C]
[G]Don't let Man[C]dela's
dream [G]go in [C]vain
So [G]much [C]blood, [G]so much [C]pain
For he [G]gave his life,
[C]what he belie[G]ved in
[C]Every [G]man has a [C]right to
con[G]trol his [C]life
[G]Not to be a [C]slave, to [G]live upright
[C]But the [G]motherland has been [C]robbed
of its [G]birthright
[C]Come on Afr[G]ican children,
[C]rise [G]up and fight
[C]For in the [G]end history will [C]show that you were [G]right[C][G][C]
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[G]Down in Africa,
[C]the children are cry[G]ing[C]
[G]Down in [C]Africa,
the children are dy[G]ing
[C]No [G]one hears,
[C]no [G]one[C] hears[G][C][G][C]
[G]Don't need Africa,
[C]the children are cry[G]ing
[C]Don't [G]need Afr[C]ica,
the children are [G]dy [C]ing
[G]No one [C]here, [G]no one here,
[C]no [G]one here
[C]They're [G]crying,
[C]hea[G]r the[C]ir [G]cry[C]
[G]Listen to children today