Helmut Lotti

Shosholoza

Helmut Lotti


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[Verse 1]
G
Shosholoza (Shosholoza)
   C
Kule zo ntaba
D                     G
Stimela siphume South Africa
G
Wen' uyabaleka (Wen' uyabaleka)
   C
Kule zo ntaba
D
Stimela siphume South Africa

[Interlude]
| G | C D |      x4

[Verse 2]
G
Shosholoza (Shosholoza)
   C
Kule zo ntaba
D                     G
Stimela siphume South Africa
G
Wen' uyabaleka (Wen' uyabaleka)
   C
Kule zo ntaba
D
Stimela siphume South Africa

[Verse 3]
G
Shosholoza (Shosholoza)
   C
Kule zo ntaba
D                     G
Stimela siphume South Africa
G
Wen' uyabaleka (Wen' uyabaleka)
   C
Kule zo ntaba
D
Stimela siphume South Africa

[Interlude]
| G | C D |      x4

[Verse 3]
G
Shosholoza (Shosholoza)
   C
Kule zo ntaba
D                     G
Stimela siphume South Africa
G
Wen' uyabaleka (Wen' uyabaleka)
   C
Kule zo ntaba
D
Stimela siphume South Africa

[Verse 4]
G
Shosholoza (Shosholoza)
   C
Kule zo ntaba
D                     G
Stimela siphume South Africa
G
Wen' uyabaleka (Wen' uyabaleka)
   C
Kule zo ntaba
D
Stimela siphume South Africa

(Key change half step up)

[Interlude]
| G# | C# D# |      x4

[Outro]
G#
Shosholoza (Shosholoza)
   C#
Kule zo ntaba
D#                    G#
Stimela siphume South Africa
G#
Wen' uyabaleka (Wen' uyabaleka)
   C#
Kule zo ntaba
D#
Stimela siphume South Africa
(Repeat and fade)



An approximate translation of the verse lyrics:

Go forward (Go forward)
from those mountains
on this train from South Africa

You are running away (You are running away)
from those mountains
on this train from South Africa