Intro: 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
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
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
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
Eb F Bb Eb Eb F Bb Eb
Mushanga, oh , Mushanga, oh repeat 3x