African

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                           Artist - Barclay James Harvest                                          ********************************                                                  Song - African                                                 ****************                                               Face To Face (1987)                                                  *********************                                               Tabbed By - Ayreon77                                              ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard VERSE 1 ******** Through the eyes of a child There’s no wrong or right No reason to hate No need for a fight No color no creed No malice no greed Till the child becomes a man         Give up your freedom Hand back your rights Then change your color now You’re black not white And there’ll never be a piece of the action Now you’re an African ----------------------- VERSE 2 ******** Forget beliefs and swallow your pain You’re just a number now And Boy’s your name And you’ll never get a piece of the action Now you’re a working man ----------------------- PRE CHORUS *********** African Asian it’s all the same Brown black Caucasian It’s all the same Slave labor working class What’s in a name Far left far right center It’s power they crave              ----------------------- CHORUS ******* The politics of Apartheid The politics of shame The cold abuse of human rights Of torture and of pain Are only part of the action    When you’re an African The politics of making more The politics of greed The cold abuse of poverty To keep your labor cheap Are only part of the action     When you’re a working man ----------------------- PRE CHORUS *********** African Asian it’s all the same Brown black Caucasian It’s all the same Slave labor working class What’s in a name Far left far right center Far left far right center Far left far right center It’s power they crave ----------------------- SOLO *****         ----------------------- CHORUS ******* The politics of buying arms When there’s no food to eat The politics of digging gold Instead of planting seeds The leader with his private golf course And his flashy cars Sits playing with his diamond wrist watch While the people starve The politics of shooting down A plane that brings relief By fat men playing power games Who’ve got enough to eat The politics of racial hate The politics of war The men who sell the guns have fun While we all count the score ----------------------- BRIDGE ******* One two three four Thousands millions People dying just to keep Them in the action ----------------------- VERSE 3 ******** Through the eyes of a man There’s wrong and there’s right A reason to hate There’s need for a fight There’s color there’s creed There’s malice there’s greed When the child becomes a man ENJOY..........