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Impi Bass

(ver. 1)
Johnny Clegg 
[Intro]
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---7p5-5-5h7\--------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
[Chorus]
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------2h4---4---2-|---------------------|
D|---------5h7---7---7-|---------3h5---5-----|---------------------|----/7---5-5-5h7\----|
A|---------------------|-------------------5-|-------------2---2---|-0-------------------|
E|-5---5-5-----5---5---|-3---3-3-----3---3---|-3---3-3-------------|---------------------|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------2h4---4---2-|---------------------|
D|---------5h7---7---7-|---------3h5---5-----|---------------------|-----7---5-5-5h7\----|
A|---------------------|-------------------5-|-------------2---2---|-0-------------------|
E|-5---5-5-----5---5---|-3---3-3-----3---3---|-3---3-3-------------|---------------------|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
[Verse 1]
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------7----------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----4-5------5--4---|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-5-7---------------5-|
E|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|---------------------|
  All along the river Chelmsford's army lay asleep
 
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------7----------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----4-5------5--4---|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-5-7---------------5-|
E|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|---------------------|
  Come to crush the Children of Mageba, Come to exact the Realm's price for peace
 
[Pre Chorus]
G|-------------4---------------------4-------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-------------5---------------------5-------|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-----------0-2-2---2-2-2-|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------1/3-3---3-3-----------1/3-3---3-3---|
  And in the morning as they saddled up to ride
 
G|-------------4---------------------4-------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-------------5-------------------5-------7-|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-----------0-2-2---2-2-2-|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------1/3-3---3-3-----------3-------5-----|
  Their eyes shone with the fire and the steel
 
G|-------------4---------------------4-------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-------------5---------------------5-------|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-2---------0-2-2---2-2---|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------1/3-3---3-3-3---------1/3-3---3-3---|
  The General told them of the task that lay ahead:
 
G|-------------4-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------7-------|-------------5-----------------------------|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-------------------------|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------3/5-5---5-5---|-------1/3-3---3-3-----------5-7-----------|
  To bring the People of the Sky to heal
 
[Chorus]
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------2h4---4---4-|---------------------|
D|---------5h7---7---7-|---------3h5---5-----|---------------------|-----7---5-5-5h7\----|
A|---------------------|-------------------5-|-------------2---2---|-0-------------------|
E|-5---5-5-----5---5---|-3---3-3-----3---3---|-3---3-3-------------|---------------------|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------2h4---4---4-|---------------------|
D|---------5h7---7---7-|---------3h5---5-----|---------------------|-----7---5-5-5h7\----|
A|---------------------|-------------------5-|-------------2---2---|-0-------------------|
E|-5---5-5-----5---5---|-3---3-3-----3---3---|-3---3-3-------------|---------------------|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
[Verse 2]
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------7----------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----4-5------5--4---|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-5-7---------------5-|
E|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|---------------------|
  Mud and sweat on polished leather, warm rain seeping to the bone
 
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------7----------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----4-5------5--4---|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-5-7---------------5-|
E|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|---------------------|
  They rode through the season's wet weather, straining for a glimpse of the foe
 
[Pre Chorus]
G|-------------4---------------------4-------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-------------5---------------------5-------|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-2---------0-2-2---2-2-2-|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------1/3-3---3-3-3---------1/3-3---3-3-3-|
  Hopeless battalion destined to die
 
G|-------------4---------------------4-------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-------------5-------------------5-------7-|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-2---------0-2-2---2-2-2-|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------1/3-3---3-3-----------3-------5-----|
  broken by the Benders of Kings
 
G|-------------4---------------------4-------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-------------5---------------------5-------|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-2---------0-2-2---2-2-2-|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------1/3-3---3-3-3---------1/3-3---3-3-3-|
  Vainglorious General, Victorian pride
 
G|-------------4-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------7-------|-------------5-----------------------------|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-------------------------|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------3/5-5---5-5-5-|-------1/3-3---3-3-3---------5-7-----------|
  Would cost him and eight hundred men their lives
 
[Chorus]
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------2h4---4---4-|---------------------|
D|---------5h7---7---7-|---------3h5---5-----|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------5-|-------------2---2---|---------------------|
E|-5---5-5-----5---5---|-3---3-3-----3---3---|-3---3-3-------------|-5---5-5--5-3-3--3-5-|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------2h4---4---4-|---------------------|
D|---------5h7---7---7-|---------3h5---5-----|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------5-|-------------2---2---|---------------------|
E|-5---5-5-----5---5---|-3---3-3-----3---3---|-3---3-3-------------|-5---5-5--5-3-3--3-5-|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
[Verse 3]
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------7----------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----4-5------5--4---|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-5-7---------------5-|
E|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|---------------------|
  They came to the side of the mountain, scouts rode out to spy the land
 
 
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------7----------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----4-5------5--4---|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-5-7---------------5-|
E|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|-3-------3-5-------5-|---------------------|
  Even as the Realm's soldiers lay resting, Mageba's forces were soon at hand
 
[Pre Chorus]
G|-------------4---------------------4-------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-------------5---------------------5-------|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-2---------0-2-2---2-2-2-|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------1/3-3---3-3-----------1/3-3---3-3---|
  And by the evening the vultures were wheeling
 
G|-------------4---------------------4-------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-------------5-------------------5-------7-|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-----------0-2-2---2-2---|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------1/3-3---3-3-----------3-------5-----|
  Above the ruins where the fallen lay
 
G|-------------4---------------------4-------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|-------------5---------------------5-------|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-----------0-2-2---2-2-2-|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-------1/3-3---3-3-----------1/3-3---3-3---|
  An ancient song as old as the ashes
 
G|-------------4-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------7-------|-------------5-----------------------------|
A|-------0-2-2---2-2-------------------------|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------3/5-5---5-5---|-------1/3-3---3-3-3---------5-7-----------|
  Echoed as Mageba's warriors marched away
 
 
[Chorus]
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------2h4---4---4-|---------------------|
D|---------5h7---7---7-|---------3h5---5-----|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------5-|-------------2---2---|---------------------|
E|-5---5-5-----5---5---|-3---3-3-----3---3---|-3---3-3-------------|-5---5-5--5-3-3--3-5-|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------2h4---4---4-|---------------------|
D|---------5h7---7---7-|---------3h5---5-----|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------5-|-------------2---2---|---------------------|
E|-5---5-5-----5---5---|-3---3-3-----3---3---|-3---3-3-------------|-5---5-5--5-3-3--3-5-|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
No bass for 8 bars
 
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------2h4---4---4-|---------------------|
D|---------5h7---7---7-|---------3h5---5-----|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------5-|-------------2---2---|---------------------|
E|-5---5-5-----5---5---|-3---3-3-----3---3---|-3---3-3-------------|-5---5-5--5-3-3--3-5-|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
 
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------2h4---4---4-|---------------------|
D|---------5h7---7---7-|---------3h5---5-----|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------5-|-------------2---2---|---------------------|
E|-5---5-5-----5---5---|-3---3-3-----3---3---|-3---3-3-------------|-5---5-5--5-3-3--3-5-|
  Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza! Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
            
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