Mushanga

Eb F Bb Eb 4x

[Verse]
Gm         Eb         Bb        F
I can't forget you my little Mushanga
Gm        Eb          Bb        F
I keep a place in my heart for you
Gm           Eb           Bb           F
The days of waiting they keep getting longer
Gm          Eb        F
And not a thing I can do
Gm       Eb      Bb        F
I was a poet, a magazine writer
Gm        Eb         Bb      F
Sent to report on political views
Gm         Eb               Bb         F
It was by chance through a lens that I met you
Gm          Eb            F     G
A Capetown girl with no shoes

[Chorus]
C                 G
You were runnin' down the road
Am7         G/B   C
I was going your way
Dm7             F              C/G  F   C/E G/D
I stopped and turned around to lent you my  hand
     Dm7                     Bb
You smiled though you were suffering
    F    Bb F/A  Eb
I didn't understand, then

     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
  Gm                 F
I saw your eyes and then I knew
     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
          Gm                  F
Like the wind and rain that followed you
     Bb             F
You broke into my heart
         Gm            F
Had the Lord above forgotten you?
     Ab                Eb
You broke in from the start
            Eb     Bb      Ab
And all my tears belong to you

Eb    F   Bb Eb   Eb    F   Bb Eb
Mushanga, oh    , Mushanga, oh

[Verse]
Gm         Eb             Bb            F
I sat and watched as she danced by the fires
Gm               Eb            Bb     F
Through ancient songs did the tale unfold
Gm            Eb            Bb               F
They sang of diamonds that came from their mountains
Gm          Eb             F
The loss of lives mining white man's gold
Gm         Eb          Bb        F
I had to leave and go back to Manhattan
Gm           Eb           Bb         F
Where all my stories are bought and sold
Gm         Eb          Bb        F
I know the city would surely be saddened
Gm         Eb            F    G
If what I knew could be told

[Chorus]
C                 G
You were runnin' down the road
Am7         G/B   C
I was going your way
Dm7             F              C/G  F  C/E G/D
I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand
     Dm7                     Bb
You smiled though you were suffering
    F    Bb F/A  Eb
I didn't understand, then

     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
  Gm                 F
I saw your eyes and then I knew
     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
          Gm                  F
Like the wind and rain that followed you
     Bb             F
You broke into my heart
         Gm            F
Had the Lord above forgotten you?
     Ab                Eb
You broke in from the start
            Eb     Bb      Ab
And all my tears belong to you

Eb    F   Bb Eb   Eb    F   Bb Eb
Mushanga, oh    , Mushanga, oh

[Instrumental break]

[Bridge]
Gm            Eb           Bb               F
It's been so long since I last heard your laughter
Gm       Eb          Bb       F
So many letters and still no news
Gm          Eb            Bb                F
I hope you find all the things that you're after
Gm           Eb            F   G
You know my heart is with you

[Chorus]
C                 G
You were runnin' down the road
Am7         G/B   C
I was going your way
Dm7             F              C/G  F   C/E G/D
I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand
     Dm7                     Bb
You smiled though you were suffering
    F    Bb F/A  Eb
I didn't understand, then

     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
  Gm                 F
I saw your eyes and then I knew
     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
          Gm                  F
Like the wind and rain that followed you
     Bb             F
You broke into my heart
         Gm            F
Had the Lord above forgotten you?
     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
   Gm                F
I saw your eyes and then I knew
Bb F         Gm  F
Ooohooohoohoohooohoo
Bb F   Gm  F
Ooohooohooohooo
Bb F         Gm  F
Ooohooohoohoohooohoo
     Ab                Eb
You broke in from the start
            Eb      Bb     Ab
And all my tears belong to you

[Outro]
Eb    F   Bb Eb   Eb    F   Bb Eb
Mushanga, oh    , Mushanga, oh    [repeat 3x]