BPM: 151
Released: 1981
Album: African Litany
Capo: No
Intro
N.C.
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
N.C.
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
N.C.
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
N.C.
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
Chorus
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
Verse 1
[G] [A] [G] [A] [G] [A] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
All along the rive-e-e-er Chelmsford's army lay asleep,
[G] [A] [G] [A]
Come to crush the children of Mageba-a-a-a,
[G] [A] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
Come to exact the realm's price for peace,
[Bm] [G]
And in the morning as they saddled up to ride,
[Bm] [G] [G] [A]
Their eyes shone with the fire and the steel,
[Bm] [G]
The general told them of the task that lay ahead,
[Bm] [A] [G] [D]
To bring the people of the sky to heel.
Chorus
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
Verse 2
[G] [A] [G] [A]
Mud and sweat on polished leathe-e-e-er,
[G] [A] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
Warm rain seeping to the bone,
[G] [A] [G] [A]
They rode through the season's wet weathe-e-e-er,
[G] [A] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
Straining for a glimpse of the foe,
[Bm] [G]
Hopeless battalion destined to die,
[Bm] [G] [G] [A]
Broken by the benders of kings,
[Bm] [G]
Vainglorious general and Victorian pride,
[Bm] [A] [G] [D]
Would cost him and eight hundred men their lives.
Chorus
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
Verse 3
[G] [A] [G] [A]
They came to the side of the mounta-a-a-ain,
[G] [A] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
Scouts rode out to spy the land,
[G] [A] [G] [A]
Even as the realm's soldiers lay resti-i-i-ing,
[G] [A] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
Mageba's forces were soon at hand,
[Bm] [G]
And by the evening the vultures were wheeling,
[Bm] [G] [G] [A]
Above the ruins where the fallen lay,
[Bm] [G]
An ancient song as old as the ashes,
[Bm] [A] [G] [D]
Echoed as Mageba's warriors marched away.
Chorus
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
Chorus
N.C.
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
N.C.
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
N.C.
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
N.C.
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
Chorus
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
Outro
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[A] [Asus4] [A] [G]
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
[Bm] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
(Fade Out)
