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