Biography:
Johnny Clegg (Jonathan Clegg, 7 June 1953 – 16 July 2019) was a South African musician and anthropologist who recorded and performed with his bands Juluka and Johnny Clegg and Savuka, and as a solo act, occasionally reuniting with his earlier band partners.
Sometimes called Le Zoulou Blanc, he is an important figure in South African popular music history, with songs that mix Zulu with English lyrics and African with various Western music styles.
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ASIMBONANGA
Johnny Clegg
ALBUM Third World Child (1987)
This song is about Mandela who was then still in prison. Asimbonanga means "we couldn't see him"
CHORUS 1
G
Asimbonanga
Em D Am
Asimbonang'um Mandela thina
C
Laph'ekona
D G
Laph'ehleli khona
VERSE 1
D C Em
On the sea is cold and the sky is grey
D C Em
Look across the island into the bay
C G
We are all islands till comes the day
D C D
We cross the burning water
CHORUS 1
G
Asimbonanga
Em D Am
Asimbonang'um Mandela thina
C
Laph'ekona
D G
Laph'ehleli khona
VERSE 2
D C Em
A seagull wings across the sea
D C Em
Broken silence is what I dream
C G
Who has the words to close the distance
D C D
Between you and me
CHORUS 2
G
Asimbonanga
Em D Am
Asimbonang'umfowethu thina
C
Laph'ekhona
G
La wafela khona
BRIDGE
G
HEY wena
Em Am
hey wena nawe
D G
Sizofik a nini la'Siyakhona
CHORUS 1
G
Asimbonanga
Em D Am
Asimbonang'um Mandela thina
C
Laph'ekona
D G
Laph'ehleli khona
Johnny Clegg
ALBUM Third World Child (1987)
This song is about Mandela who was then still in prison. Asimbonanga means "we couldn't see him"
CHORUS 1
G
Asimbonanga
Em D Am
Asimbonang'um Mandela thina
C
Laph'ekona
D G
Laph'ehleli khona
VERSE 1
D C Em
On the sea is cold and the sky is grey
D C Em
Look across the island into the bay
C G
We are all islands till comes the day
D C D
We cross the burning water
CHORUS 1
G
Asimbonanga
Em D Am
Asimbonang'um Mandela thina
C
Laph'ekona
D G
Laph'ehleli khona
VERSE 2
D C Em
A seagull wings across the sea
D C Em
Broken silence is what I dream
C G
Who has the words to close the distance
D C D
Between you and me
CHORUS 2
G
Asimbonanga
Em D Am
Asimbonang'umfowethu thina
C
Laph'ekhona
G
La wafela khona
BRIDGE
G
HEY wena
Em Am
hey wena nawe
D G
Sizofik a nini la'Siyakhona
CHORUS 1
G
Asimbonanga
Em D Am
Asimbonang'um Mandela thina
C
Laph'ekona
D G
Laph'ehleli khona
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