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