Intro
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Verse 1
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Well Jo'anna she runs a country 
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She runs in Durban and the Transvaal 
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She makes a few of her people happy, oh 
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She don't care about the rest at all 
 
Verse 2
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She's got a system they call apartheid 
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It keeps a brother in a subjection 
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But maybe pressure can make Jo'anna see 
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How everybody could a live as one, oh 
 
Chorus
A 
Gimme hope, Jo'anna 
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Hope, Jo'anna 
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna 
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'Fore the morning come 
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna 
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Hope, Jo'anna 
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Hope before the morning come 
 
Verse 3
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I hear she makes all the golden money 
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To buy new weapons, any shape of guns 
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While every mother in black Soweto fears 
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The k*lling of another son 
 
Verse 4
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Sneakin' across all the neighbors' borders 
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Now and again having little fun 
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She doesn't care if the fun and games she play 
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is dang'rous to ev'ryone, oh 
 
Chorus
A 
Gimme hope, Jo'anna 
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Hope, Jo'anna 
        A 
Gimme hope, Jo'anna 
             E 
'Fore the morning come 
       A 
Gimme hope, Jo'anna 
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Hope, Jo'anna 
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Hope before the morning come 
 
Verse 5
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She's got supporters in high up places 
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Who turn their heads to the city sun 
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Jo'anna give them the fancy money, oh 
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to tempt anyone who'd come 
 
Verse 6
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She even knows how to swing opinion 
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In every magazine and the journals 
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For every bad move that this Jo'anna makes 
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They got a good explanation, oh 
 
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 
 
Verse 7
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Even the preacher who works for Jesus 
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The Archbishop who's a peaceful man 
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Together say that the freedom fighters will 
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overcome the very strong 
 
Verse 8
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I want to know if you're blind Jo'anna 
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If you want to hear the sound of drums 
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Can't you see that the tide is turning, oh 
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don't make me wait till the morning come, oh 
 
Outro
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Gimme hope, Jo'anna 
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Hope, Jo'anna 
        A 
Gimme hope, Jo'anna 
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'Fore the morning come 
       A 
Gimme hope, Jo'anna 
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Hope, Jo'anna 
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Hope before the morning come