Tono: 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)