Biko Drum – Christy Moore (1) G And they went home on an Easter Road C G On a silent night tryin’ not to show C D G Who goes where and who goes when F G Thinkin’ some day soon they’ll get it back again (2) G From the ghetto in Capetown to dig the gold C G Little Boy Blue can’t be sold C D G Under tin roof and a plastic wall F G Thinkin’ some day soon we’re goin’ to leave it all (chorus) C G F And the Renegades sing all the renegades songs A D G And the ones who know hope they’re doin’ wrong F The blacks and the coloureds play G The Biko Drum F The blacks and the coloureds play G A The Biko Drum F G Listen to the Biko Drum (3) G Transvaal kids on a Transvaal day C G Little by little they show the way C D G To a city of dreams and solid ground F G Thinkin’ some day soon we’re gonna come around (4) G Steve he’s livin’ in a prison cell C G All the friends that know hope he’s doin’ well C D G Down here they listen to the Biko Drum F G Down here they listen to the songs he sung (chorus) (5) G Nelson listen to the people sing C G Nelson Mandela the people’s king C D G Twenty-five years in a white man’s jail F G Twenty-five years we couldn’t make him say (chorus) (outro – play 2x) F G Listen to the Biko Drum F G the Biko Drum F G Listen to the Biko Drum F G