Intro
[F]
[G]
[F] [G]
[F]
[G]
[F] [G] [C] [F] [G] [D]
Verse 1
[C] [F] [G]
Copper sun sinking low
[C] [F] [G]
Scatterlings and fugitives
[C] [F] [F] [G] [C]
Hooded eyes and weary brows
[C] [G] [F]
Seek refuge in the night
Chorus
[C] [F] [G] [F] [G] [F]
They are the scatterlings of Africa
[F] [G]
Each uprooted one
[C] [F] [G] [F] [G] [F]
On the road to Phelamanga
[F] [G]
Where the world began
[C] [F] [G] [F] [G] [F]
I love the scatterlings of Africa
[F] [G]
Each and every one
[C] [F] [G] [F] [G] [F]
In their hearts a burning hunger
[F] [G]
Beneath the copper sun
Break
[F]
[G]
[F] [G]
[F]
[G]
[F] [G] [C] [F] [G] [D]
Verse 2
[C] [F] [G]
Broken wall, bicycle wheel
[C] [F] [G]
African sun forging steel, singing
[C] [F] [G]
Magic machine cannot match
[C] [F] [G]
Human being human being
[F] [G]
African idea
[F] [G]
African idea
[C] [F] [G]
Make the future clear
[C] [F] [G]
Make the future clear
Chorus
[C] [F] [G] [F] [G]
They are the scatterlings of Africa
[F] [G]
Each uprooted one
[C] [F] [G] [F]
On the road to Phelamanga
[F] [G]
Beneath the copper sun
[C] [F] [G] [F] [F] [G]
And for the scatterlings of Africa
[F] [G]
The journey has begun
[C] [F] [G] [F]
Future find their hungry eyes
[F] [G]
Beneath the copper sun
Verse 3
[C] [F] [G] [F]
Ancient bones from Olduvai
[C] [F] [G] [F]
Echoes of the very first cry
[C] [F] [G] [F]
"Who made me, here and why? --
[C] [F] [G]
Beneath this copper sun."
[C] [F] [G] [F]
Now they lie deeply buried
[C] [G] [A]
In the dust of Olduvai
Chorus
[C] [F] [G] [F] [G] [F]
And we are scatterlings of Africa
[F] [G]
Both you and I
[C] [F] [G] [F]
We are on the road to Phelamanga
[F] [G]
Beneath a copper sky
[C] [F] [G] [A]
And we are scatterlings of Africa
[F] [G]
On a journey to the stars
[C] [F] [G]
Far below we leave forever
[C] [G]
Dreams of what we were
Outro
[C] [G] [A]
Hawu beke Mama-ye! Mama-ye!
[F] [G]
In the beginning
[C] [F] [G]
Beneath the copper sky
[C] [F] [G]
Ancient bones
[F] [G] [C]
In the dust of Olduvai
[F] [G] [C]
Who made us, here, and why?
[C]
Remember!
[F] [G] [A] [C]
Scatterlings of Africa
