Tom: C
Am F G
Wait, listen to the Biko drum! (4x)
G C G
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
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
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
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
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.
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 ! (4x)
