Biografía:
Jonathan "Johnny" Clegg (nacido el 07 de junio 1953) es un músico nacido en Gran Bretaña y antropólogo de Sudáfrica, que ha grabado y tocado con sus bandas Juluka y Savuka, y más recientemente como un solo acto, de vez en cuando el reencuentro con sus compañeros de banda anteriores . A veces llamado Le Zoulou Blanc ("El Zulu Blanco"), que es una figura importante en la historia de la música popular de Sudáfrica, con canciones que mezclan Zulu con letras en inglés y africano con diversos estilos de la música occidental.
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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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