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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