Mushanga Chords

[Intro]
Eb F Gm7 Bb/D Eb x4
 
[Verse]
Gm      F   Eb     Bb/D  Eb     Eb/G  F/A   Bb
I can't forget you my   lit - tle  Mushan - ga.
Gm     F  Eb     Bb/D  Eb  Eb/G  F
I keep a place in my heart for   you.
Gm        F  Eb     Bb/D  Eb    Eb/G  F/A   Bb
The days of waiting they keep getting lon - ger.
Gm      F  Eb     Eb/G  F
And not a thing I can  do.
 
Gm    F  Eb  Bb/D  Eb     Eb/G  F/A   Bb
I was a poet, a    ma -  gazine wri - ter.
Gm       F    Eb     Bb/D  Eb  Eb/G  F
Sent to re - port on po  - litical  views
Gm     F   Eb           Bb/D  Eb    Eb/G  F/A  Bb
It was by chance through a   lens that  I met  you.
Gm     F    Eb  Eb/G     F/A    G/B
A Capetown girl with no shoes.
 
[Chorus]
C                 Em
You were runnin' down the road
Am7         G/B  A/C#
I was going your way
Dm7           Aadd9/C#          C          G/B
I stopped and turned around to lend you my hand
     D/F#                   Gm
You smiled though you were suffering
   F/A   Gm    F      Eb
I didn't un - der - stand, then
 
     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
  Gm                 Dm7
I saw your eyes and then I knew
     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
          Gm                  Dm7
Like the wind and rain that followed you
     Bb             F
You broke into my heart
         Gm            Dm7
Had the Lord above forgotten you?
    Ab/C               G/B
You broke in from the start
           Ab/C         Bb/D  Eb6
And all my tears belong to    you
 
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh,
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh
 
[Verse]
Gm     F   Eb        Bb/D  Eb     Eb/G  F/A   Bb
I sat and watched as she  danced by the fi - res
Gm         F     Eb       Bb/D  Eb  Eb/G  F
Through ancient songs did the  tale un  - fold
Gm        F   Eb      Bb/D  Eb    Eb/G     F/A     Bb
They sang of diamonds that came from their moun - tains
Gm        F  Eb  Eb/G     F
The loss of lives mining white man's gold
 
Gm    F   Eb       Bb/D  Eb   Eb/G    F/A   Bb
I had to leave and go   back to Man - hat - tan
Gm        F   Eb     Bb/D  Eb    Eb/G  F
Where all my stories are  bought and  sold
Gm      F   Eb  Bb/D   Eb  Eb/G  F/A   Bb
I know the city would surely be  sad - dened
Gm      F  Eb     Eb/G  F/A    G/B
If what I knew could be told
 
[Chorus]
C                 Em
You were runnin' down the road
Am7         G/B  A/C#
I was going your way
Dm7           Aadd9/C#          C          G/B
I stopped and turned around to lend you my hand
     D/F#                   Gm
You smiled though you were suffering
   F/A   Gm    F      Eb
I didn't un - der - stand, then
 
    Bb            F
You broke into my heart
  Gm                 Dm7
I saw your eyes and then I knew
     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
          Gm                  Dm7
Like the wind and rain that followed you
     Bb             F
You broke into my heart
         Gm            Dm7
Had the Lord above forgotten you?
    Ab/C               G/B
You broke in from the start
           Ab/C         Bb/D  Eb6
And all my tears belong to    you
 
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh,
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh
 
[Instrumental Break]
| Gm        |
8 measures vamp on Gm blues.
 
[Solo]
| Cm      Bb | Ab    Eb/G | Ab  Ab/C  | Bb/D   Eb   |
| Cm      Bb | Ab    Eb/G | Ab  Ab/C  | Bb          |
| Cm      Bb | Ab    Eb/G | Ab  Ab/C  | Bb/D   Eb   |
| Cm      Bb | Ab   Ab/C  | Bb        | Bb          |
 
| Cm      Bb | Ab    Eb/G | Ab  Ab/C  | Bb/D   Eb   |
| Cm      Bb | Ab    Eb/G | Ab  Ab/C  | Bb          |
| Cm      Bb | Ab    Eb/G | Ab  Ab/C  | Bb/D   Eb   |
| Cm      Bb | Ab   Ab/C  | Bb        | Bb          |
 
[Bridge]
Gm        F   Eb       Bb/D  Eb     Eb/G     F/A    Bb
It's been so long since I   last heard your laugh - ter
Gm    F  Eb     Bb/D  Eb  Eb/G  F
So many letters and  still no   news
Gm      F   Eb      Bb/D  Eb      Eb/G      F/A   Bb
I hope you find all the  things that you're af - ter
Gm       F   Eb    Eb/G   F/A    G/B
You know my heart is with you
 
[Chorus]
C                 Em
You were runnin' down the road
Am7         G/B  A/C#
I was going your way
Dm7           Aadd9/C#          C          G/B
I stopped and turned around to lend you my hand
     D/F#                   Gm
You smiled though you were suffering
   F/A   Gm    F      Eb
I didn't un - der - stand, then
 
    Bb            F
You broke into my heart
  Gm                 Dm7
I saw your eyes and then I knew
     Bb            F
You broke into my heart
          Gm                  Dm7
Like the wind and rain that followed you
     Bb             F
You broke into my heart
         Gm            Dm7
Had the Lord above forgotten you?
 
    Bb            F
You broke into my heart
  Gm                 Dm7
I saw your eyes and then I knew
 
Bb     F            Gm     Dm7
Oooh - hooohoohoo - hooo - hooo
Bb     F            Gm     Dm7
Oooh - hooo       - hooo - hooo
Bb     F            Gm     Dm7
Oooh - hooohoohoo - hooo - hooo
 
    Ab/C               G/B
You broke in from the start
           Ab/C         Bb/D  Eb6
And all my tears belong to    you
 
[Outro]
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh,
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh
 
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh,
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh
 
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh,
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh
 
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh,
Eb       F   Gm7  Bb/D  Eb
Mushan - ga, oh -  oh -  oh
 
(Fade out)
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