Biko Drum – Christy Moore
(1) G
And they went home on an Easter Road
C G
On a silent night tryin’ not to show
C D G
Who goes where and who goes when
F G
Thinkin’ some day soon they’ll get it back again
(2) G
From the ghetto in Capetown to dig the gold
C G
Little Boy Blue can’t be sold
C D G
Under tin roof and a plastic wall
F G
Thinkin’ some day soon we’re goin’ to leave it all
(chorus) C G F
And the Renegades sing all the renegades songs
a D G
And the ones who know hope they’re doin’ wrong
F
The blacks and the coloureds play
G
The Biko Drum
F
The blacks and the coloureds play
G a
The Biko Drum
F G
Listen to the Biko Drum
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/christy_moore/biko_drum_crd.html ]
(3) G
Transvaal kids on a Transvaal day
C G
Little by little they show the way
C D G
To a city of dreams and solid ground
F G
Thinkin’ some day soon we’re gonna come around
(4) G
Steve he’s livin’ in a prison cell
C G
All the friends that know hope he’s doin’ well
C D G
Down here they listen to the Biko Drum
F G
Down here they listen to the songs he sung
(chorus)
(5) G
Nelson listen to the people sing
C G
Nelson Mandela the people’s king
C D G
Twenty-five years in a white man’s jail
F G
Twenty-five years we couldn’t make him say
(chorus)
(outro – play 2x)
F G
Listen to the Biko Drum
F G
the Biko Drum
F G
Listen to the Biko Drum
F G
