Scatterlings Of Africa chords by Johnny Clegg

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
F
G
F G
F
G
F G C F G D


Verse 1:
 C     F   G
Copper sun sinking low
C         F   G
Scatterlings and fugitives
 C   F     F G  C
Hooded eyes and weary brows
 C  G      F
Seek refuge in the night

Chorus:
 C     F      G  F   G F
They are the scatterlings of Africa
 F      G
Each uprooted one
 C  F  G  F    G F
On the road to Phelamanga
F        G
Where the world began
 C     F      G  F  G F
I love the scatterlings of Africa
F       G
Each and every one
 C     F      G  F   G F
In their hearts a burning hunger
F         G
Beneath the copper sun


Break:
F
G
F G
F
G
F G C F G D


Verse 2:
C      F   G
Broken wall, bicycle wheel
 C     F   G
African sun forging steel, singing
C         F   G
Magic machine cannot match
C      F   G
Human being human being
F    G
African idea
F    G
African idea
C    F   G
Make the future clear
C    F   G
Make the future clear


Chorus:
 C     F      G     F G
They are the scatterlings of Africa
F       G
Each uprooted one
C   F    G   F
On the road to Phelamanga
 F     G
Beneath the copper sun
C      F      G F   F G
And for the scatterlings of Africa
F      G
The journey has begun
C    F  G  F
Future find their hungry eyes
 F     G
Beneath the copper sun


Verse 3:
 C   F   G  F
Ancient bones from Olduvai
 C      F  G   F
Echoes of the very first cry
 C      F   G  F
"Who made me, here and why? --
C       F   G
Beneath this copper sun."
C    F  G   F
Now they lie deeply buried
C       G  A
In the dust of Olduvai


Chorus:
 C     F      G  F   G F
And we are scatterlings of Africa
F      G
Both you and I
C       F  G  F
We are on the road to Phelamanga
 F     G
Beneath a copper sky
 C     F   G    A
And we are scatterlings of Africa
F          G
On a journey to the stars
 C      F   G
Far below we leave forever
 C      G
Dreams of what we were


Outro:
 C    G     A
Hawu beke Mama-ye! Mama-ye!
F    G
In the beginning
 C      F   G
Beneath the copper sky
 C F  G
Ancient bones
F    G    C
In the dust of Olduvai
 F      G     C
Who made us, here, and why?
 C
Remember!
 F       G A C
Scatterlings of Africa