
Africa Unite
Bob Marley
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Tom : G
[Intro] G D Em C
G D Em C G D Em
Africa, Unite
C D Em
'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon
C D Em
And we're going to our father's land
G D
How good and how pleasant it would be
Em C
Before God and man, yeah
G D Em C
To see the unification of all Africans, yeah
G D Em C
As it's been said already let it be done, yeah
G D Em C
We are the children of the Rastaman
G D Em C
We are the children of the Higher Man
G D Em
Africa, Unite
C D Em
'Cause the children wanna come home
G D Em
Africa, Unite
C D Em
'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon
G D Em
And we're grooving to our father's land
G D Em
How good and how pleasant it would be
G D Em
Before God and man
G D Em
To see the unification of all Rastaman, yeah
G D Em
As it's been said already let it be done, yeah
G D Em
I tell you who we are under the sun
G D Em
We are the children of the Rastaman
G D Em
We are the children of the Higher Man
G D Em G E Em
So, Africa, Unite, Africa, Unite
[Trecho 2x]
G D Em
Unite for the benefit of your people
G D Em
Unite for it's later than you think
G D Em G D Em
Africa awaits its creators, Africa awaiting its creators
G D Em
Africa, you're my forefather cornerstore
G D Em G D Em
Unite for the Africans abroad, unite for the Africans a yard
G D Em
Africa, Unite
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