*Nyabinghi version.
Used chords in this way for the whole song:
Am|G|F x2
Dm|Em
At the faster verses it is:
Am|G|F x4
[INTRO VOICE 1]
Scholars and scientists now conceive that Africa is the first place of mankind
Africans were the first builders of civilization
They discovered mathematics, invented writing, developed sciences
Engineering, medicine, religion, fine arts, and built the Great Pyramids
An architectural achievement which still baffles modern scientists'
[INTRO VOICE 2]
The 225th Emperor [echo] direct descent from Solomon and The Queen of Sheba [echo]
He is the "King of Kings, The Lion of Judah [echo]"
The name Haile Selassie I means "Power of the Trinity"
[Verse 1: Stephen Marley]
Am G F
Educate yourselves, of Africa
Am G F
To liberate yourself, Africa
Dm
Keep your heads up high
Em
No more will we cry
Eeeeyh
Am G F
Our history that they stole, Africa
Am G F
Is written in our souls, Africa
Dm
Oldest nation on this earth
Em
Know just what you worth
Well well
Am G
Ships that sail to distant places
F
Robbed us of our rising worlds
Am G
History says that you've betrayed us
F
Talking of the Gods you serve
Am G
Hear the rambling in the sky
F
Tears that our fore fathers cry
Am G
And today we're still in chains
F
Take the shackle from our minds
Dm
You're the corner stone
Em
The king upon the throne
Am G F
How beautiful are thou, Africa
Am G F
Our nation have to bow, Africa
Dm
Don't you fall from grace
Em
You're that secret place
Em
Aye! Aye-ah-aye!
[Verse 2: Wale]
Am
Power to the people, Motherland representa
G F
I'm on trial with the man she my co-defendant
Am
And I demand her attention, can you focus women?
G F
I'm getting closer to the sky errytime I hit it
Am
Haile Selassie I, "Power of the Trinity"
G F
Soul made in naija, my voice made in Italy
Am
White mans world that I'm livin' in, some say
G F
But it was Africa the continent we all came from
Dm
Can't nothing come between me and you
Dm
So before I have seeds gotta understand my roots
Em
Gotta understand the truth. We is all king's 'round here
Em
Lifes not all fair, work till we fall dead
Am
Paul goin' hard 'till I urn like a Pall-Bearer
G F
Although my body's in the U.S my heart's there
Am G
I can never be ashamed of her, I got my features and my name from her
F
Mama Africa
[Verse 3: Stephen Marley]
Dm
The richest place on earth
Em
Know just what your worth
Am G F
[HARMONIZING WITH MUSIC]
Talking about the God you serve
[HARMONIZING WITH MUSIC]
Dm
Keep your heads up high
Em
No more will we cry
Am G F
They infiltrate our homes, Africa
Am G F
They claim it as their own, Africa
Dm
Now we must stand tall
Em
To break down all these wall-alls
Well well
Am G F
Our children must be taught, of Africa
Am G F
The science and the art, Africa
Dm Em
Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nahhh!
Am G F
Educate yourself, Africa
Am G F
To liberate yourselves, Afric
Dm
Keep your heads up high
Em
No more will we cry
Am G F
Beautiful are thou, Africa
Am G F
A legend have to bow, Africa
Dm Em
Oh Oh!
Am G F
Made in Africa, We share Africa (We share Africa)
Am G F
Made in Africa, We share Africa (We share Africa)
Am G F
Made in Africa, We share Africa (We share Africa)
Am G F
Made in Africa, We share Africa (We share Africa)
Am G F
Made in Africa, We share Africa (We share Africa)
Am G F
Made in Africa, We share Africa (We share Africa)
Am G F
Made in Africa, We share Africa (We share Africa)
