Basics - Tunaomba Saidia Chords

DAGG
DADD

D          A        G
She cannot remember the day she left Uganda
D          A              Bm             G
And if you had asked her, her eyes would drift right past ya
D        A                  G
From her home she'd come so far
D           A             D
But she had hoping in her heart


D            A                G
Her brother, he'd been taken, and a soldier they had made him
D             A          Bm          G
And when they protested, the father, he was arrested
D       A                G
In this land you have no choice 
D       A                D
In this land you have no voice  (And he say)


G          D        G           A 
Wamechukua me wapi? Tuna kitu kibaya? 
D              A            G
Is it too much to wish for, a life that could be peaceful? 
D   A       D
Tunaomba Saidia


D                A                   G
So they told him they would kill him if they did not do what they tell him
D               A          Bm                     G
And his family, in danger, put their lives in the hands of a stranger 
D    A                   G
In a boat, they traveled far
D         A        D
Heading for Australia 


D                   A            G
They were picked up by the navy, out where the ocean is wavy
D            A              Bm              G
To an island were directed, where they were separated
D      A           G
Like a prisoner of war 
D      A           D
Like a common criminal (And they say)

 
G          D        G           A 
Wamechukua me wapi? Tuna kitu kibaya? 
D              A            G
Is it too much to wish for, a life that could be peaceful? 
D   A       D
Tunaomba Saidia


F#                              Bm
How was this better than their homeland? 
F#                         Bm
And why did no-one seem to care?
F#                           Bm 
So full of problems, full of violence 
F#                              G
There were so many people there 


D                   A             G
Like this one time, she was taken by the guard, they stripped her naked
D           A          Bm          G
And when he protested, her father, he was arrested 
D       A                  G
In this place you have no choice
D       A                  D     
In this place you have no voice  (And she say)


G          D        G           A 
Wamechukua me wapi? Tuna kitu kibaya? 
D              A            G
Is it too much to wish for, a life that could be peaceful? 
D   A       D
Tunaomba Saidia


D               A                      G
For a year now, they've been waiting, in their hearts, they're hoping, praying 
D               A            Bm               G
For a chance to be together, and escape this life of torture 
D            A                    G
And hear the words they'd come so far (to hear)
D        A          D
'Welcome to Australia' (And we say)

G          D        G           A 
Wamechukua me wapi? Tuna kitu kibaya? 
D              A            G
Is it too much to wish for, a life that could be peaceful? 
D   A       D
Tunaomba Saidia