A D
Well Jo’anna she runs a country
A E
She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
A D
She makes a few of her people happy, oh
A E A
She don’t care about the rest at all
A D
She’s got a system they call apartheid
A E
It keeps a brother in a subjection
A D
But maybe pressure can make Jo’anna see
A E A
How everybody could a live as one
Chorus:
A
Gimme hope, Jo’anna
D
Hope, Jo’anna
A
Gimme hope, Jo’anna
E
‘Fore the morning come
A
Gimme hope, Jo’anna
D
Hope, Jo’anna
A E A
Hope before the morning come
Well Jo’anna she runs a country
A E
She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
A D
She makes a few of her people happy, oh
A E A
She don’t care about the rest at all
A D
She’s got a system they call apartheid
A E
It keeps a brother in a subjection
A D
But maybe pressure can make Jo’anna see
A E A
How everybody could a live as one
Chorus:
A
Gimme hope, Jo’anna
D
Hope, Jo’anna
A
Gimme hope, Jo’anna
E
‘Fore the morning come
A
Gimme hope, Jo’anna
D
Hope, Jo’anna
A E A
Hope before the morning come