Christy Moore – Biko Drum (Ukulele)

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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

(3)  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

(4)  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)
(5)  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
F G