Acordes de A Piece of Ground 
Miriam Makeba 
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Key: C minor•
Intro 1
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Gm
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Verse 1
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When the white man
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first came here from over the seas
He looked and he said,
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this is God's own country
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He was mighty well pleased with
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this land that he'd found
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An d he said I will make here my
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own piece of ground
Verse 2
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Bb
Now many's the battle
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he still had to fight
And many's the family
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who died in the night
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'Cause many's the black men
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who lived all around
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All of them wanting their
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own piece of ground
Verse 3
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Gm
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Cm
Then one fine day in 1883
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Gold was discovered in good quantity
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Now the country was rich
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and was richer than planned
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And each dig ger wanted his
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own piece of land
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Verse 4
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White diggers were few and
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the gold was so deep
Black man was called 'cause
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his labor was cheap
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With drill and with shovel
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he toiled un der ground
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Six pennies a day to tender
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the ground
Verse 5
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Now this land is so rich and
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it seems strange to me
That the black man whose labor
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has helped it to be
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Cannot en joy the fruits that abound
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Is up rooted and kicked from
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his own piece of land
Verse 6
Cm
Bb
Why some people say now
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Cm
don't you worry
We'll get you a nice piece
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of re serve territory
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But I'll give my a life that ten
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mil lion can be found
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On a miserable thirty per cent
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of the ground?
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Verse 7
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Yes some people say now
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don't you worry
You can always find jobs
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in the white mans city
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But don't stay too long and
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don't stay too deep
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For you're bound to dis turb
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the white man in his sleep
Verse 8
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White man don't sleep long an
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d don't sleep too deep
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For your life and possessions
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how long will you keep?
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'Cause I've heard a rumour
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that's run ning around
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For the black man's de mand
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ing his own piece of ground
His own piece of ground
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His own piece of ground
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His own piece of ground
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