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