Agisymban Trilogy

[Intro] G [Verse] G C They called it Agisymba D G This fair and promised land G C And it was the Stone Age home D G Of the little yellow man G C He hunted with a bow D G And he worshipped to the sun G C Yes he was the hunter D G But he was the hunted one C G Then down from the jungles D G There came the turbid tribes C G With their spears and shields D G And the long flashing knives C G And they hounded the Bushmen D G From his painted caves and lands Am G To the merciless wastes D G Of the Kalahari sands [Verse] G C Then came the Arabs D G And the sturdy Portugese G C To the land they called Sofala D G From the seven seas G C And they fought Monomotapas D G Warriors of old G C To run across his Kingdom D G And take away his gold C G Then the Matabele D G Came running from the Boer C G To plunder the Mashona D G And wage another war C G And the columns came a marching D G And they ruled for many years C G And they called the land Rhodesia D G Those British pioneers [Interlude] G [Bridge] G C D G Em And the white man worked and the black man toiled C D G Em And the tribes all fought and rebellions boiled C D G Em The world went mad with two world wars Am D And although men died never settled their scores Em And the madness spread it's the same damn thing Am D Hear the wardrums throb hear the bugles ring Em Am And they named Zimbabwe through the barrel of a gun and the winners lost D And the losers won [Verse] G C But live in this land G And share all the spoils G You reap what you sow Am D Through labours and toils G C Black man and white man G Have all paid a price G Yellow man's gone D Like a mad G Sacrifice [Chorus] G C G Am D Agisymba, Sofala, Monomotapa, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, call it what you can G C G You all can live in it but no one can win it for it always belonged D G To the little yellow man G C G Am D Agisymba, Sofala, Monomotapa, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, call it what you can G C G You all can live in it but no one can win it for it always belonged D G To the little yellow man [Outro] G C G Am D Agisymba, Sofala, Monomotapa, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, call it what you can G C G You all can live in it but no one can win it for it always belonged D G To the little yellow man (fade out) G C G Am D Agisymba, Sofala, Monomotapa, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, call it what you can