Am               Am                  F
I hear gunfire, see the blood run, feel the rage
        G                F                   Am     Em7
I see a black man, see a coloured man in a cage
              Am                Am
The sweat of miners digging diamonds
            F                 G                     F                   Am     Em7
Digging graves to feed the boss-man, to feed his family, to feed his slaves
            Am           Am            F                     G                   F            Am    Em7
Men are cursing, women praying for release, but when a white man kills one of "them" no one sees
            Am        Am                F                G                F                Am       Em7
From Capetown to Pretoria, to Johannesburg, there is a crying of people dying that can be heard
               Am                  Am             F
I hear the gunfire, see the blood run, smell the fear
                G                 F                        Am     Em7   F   G
You lock your minds up, shut the curtains, you close your ears


[Solo]

Am Am F
 G F  Am Em7 x4


             Am                      Am              F
Forget the black man, neglect his baby, ignore his hell
             G                  F           Am      Em7
We need apartheid to keep the animal in his cell
                Am                  Am                     F
You sweep the pavement, shine the buildings, display the maid
           G                    F             Am       Em7
You say "Republic", I say, "Blind man, it's a cage,"
                Am             Am                      F
God makes the colour, but the colour doesn't make you God
                 G                    F                      Am      Em7
Oh, and in the judgement, he will remember the ones you've robbed
             Am                Am              F
Without the Lord's love this injustice will prevail
        G                 F                          Am            Em7
Until Jesus is the only master we'll never break the bars of this jail