( no guitar here )
kasiwa i
makasimba ere
ndakasimba kana makasimba ow
ndakasimba

                   A
you raise your head, you beat the sun
                       E             D
but your boys they lie so close to you
                F#               E
do you dare get up and wake the two
         A                                     E
oh elias, I see you there at work in the day time
                                                          D
do you think you could answer all the questions in the world
             F#                 E
in just one word- I think you could

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A              E         F#         E    D    A
'cause if you die will I get word that your gone
           E           F#        E   D   A
or will I hear it in passing conversation
           E             F#   E   D    A
or will I stop short and fall to the ground
             E               F#         E           D      A
distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
A        E                  F#
hold my hand just one more time
                   D
to see if you're really going to meet me
A       E                    F#
hold my hand just one more time
                   D
to see if you're really going to meet me

              A                                      E
honest and manuel, well you know, they're at school now
                                            D
given the chance that their father's never seen
                 F#          E
to see what's beyond section 17
              A                               E
and in ten years when you look back at your boys
                                                    D
well you know they've grown way taller than the tallest
       F#           E
sugar cane in the field

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             D         A             D                  E
I see your wife she stands stooped over by the fire outside
                D                       A
and I see your boys and when they look up
             D                            E
you know I think they got their mother's eyes
                       D   A                 D   E
'cause she looks so proud,    she looks so happy
              D     A                  D     E
she looks so proud,      she looks so happy

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