Am F G
Wait, listen to the Biko drum ! (4x)
G C
G
1. And they went home on an Easter road,
C F G
on a
silent night tryin' not to show
C F G
who
goes where and who goes when,
F C G
thinkin' some day soon they'll get it back again.
G C G
2. From the ghetto in Capetown
to dig the gold,
C F G
little
black baby can't be sold,
C F G
under tin roof and a
plastic wall,
F C G
thinkin' someday soon we're goin'
to leave it all.
C Em F
And the renegades sing all the renegade songs,
Am
Em
and the ones who know hope
they're doin' wrong.
F
G
The blacks and the coloreds play the Biko Drum,
F
G Am - F - G
all the blacks and the coloreds
play the Biko Dru..........m.
G C G
3. Transvaal Kids on a Transvaal day,
C F G
little
by little they show the way
C
F G
to a
city of dreams and solid ground,
F
C G
thinkin' someday soon we're gonna
come around.
G C G
4. Steve, he's livin' in a prison cell,
C F G
all
the friends that know hope he's doin' well.
C F G
Down here they listen to the Biko drum,
F C G
down
here they listen to the songs he sung.
C Em F
And the renegades sing all the renegade songs,
Am
Em
and the ones who know hope
they're doin' wrong.
F
G
The blacks and the coloreds play the Biko
Drum,
F
G Am - F - G
all the blacks and the coloreds
play the Biko Dru............m.
Am F G
Wait, listen to the Biko drum ! (2x)
G C G
5. Nelson listen to the people sing,
C F G
Nelson Mandela, the people's
king.
C F G
Twenty-seven years in a white
man's jail,
F
C G
twenty-seven
years we couldn't make him say.
+ CHORUS +
Am F G
Wait, listen to the Biko drum ! (4x)
(Christy Moore)