Biko Drum

Biko Drum ? Christy Moore (1) G And they went home on an Easter Road C G On a silent night tryin? not to show C D G Who goes where and who goes when F G Thinkin? some day soon they?ll get it back again (2) G From the ghetto in Capetown to dig the gold C G Little Boy Blue can?t be sold C D G Under tin roof and a plastic wall F G Thinkin? some day soon we?re goin? to leave it all (chorus) C G F And the Renegades sing all the renegades songs a D G And the ones who know hope they?re doin? wrong F The blacks and the coloureds play G The Biko Drum F The blacks and the coloureds play G a The Biko Drum F G Listen to the Biko Drum (G) Transvaal kids on a Transvaal day C G Little by little they show the way C D G To a city of dreams and solid ground F G Thinkin? some day soon we?re gonna come around (G) Steve he?s livin? in a prison cell C G All the friends that know hope he?s doin? well C D G Down here they listen to the Biko Drum F G Down here they listen to the songs he sung (chorus) (G) Nelson listen to the people sing C G Nelson Mandela the people?s king C D G Twenty-five years in a white man?s jail F G Twenty-five years we couldn?t make him say (chorus) (outro ? play 2x) F G Listen to the Biko Drum F G the Biko Drum F G Listen to the Biko Drum FG