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Verse 1: C G Am I was the only one who witnessed my homecoming G-F G F G C So I asked myself: Brother Joseph, how've you been? C G Am Then I met an old man who knew me as a boy G-F G F G C (I) said, Father, where've the people, where've the homesteads gone? F G Am And he said, Son, I'll be old until I die now F G F G C And then I will join our people in the sky F G Am I am not the one to ask the reasons why G-F G F G C Your brothers and your sisters have been scattered in the wind Chorus: C And he said old eyes (mehlomadala) Am You've got old eyes, boy (mehlomadala) F G C You've seen much too much for one so young G-C He said old eyes (mehlomadala) Am You've got old eyes, boy (mehlomadala) Dm F Am-G Child, from whence have you come? [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/juluka/270788.html ] Verse 2: C G F C When I left that mountain land so gold and green Am G F G C I was a sturdy sixteen years C G F C Work was hard and the wage was low Am G F C And the seasons passed me by one by one F G Am And I dreamed, Maria, you would wait for my return F G F G C We'd build a home upon the rock, beneath the smiling sun F G Am But as the old man used to say when I was young F G F G C People come and people go, but the mountain still remains Zulu chorus: C Am And he said mehlomadala, mehlomadala F G C Ang(i)sakwaz(i) wemganam(i) G-C Am He said mehlomadala, mehlomadala Dm F Am-G (U)qhamkaphi wena wemganam(i) (instrumental break...) Repeat English chorus... Repeat Zulu chorus... End. Meaning of Zulu words: mehlomadala : old eyes (mehlo = eyes, madala = old) ang(i)sakwaz(i) : I don't know you anymore (i.e. it's been a long time since I saw you) wemganam(i) : my friend (wemngani = friend, wami = my) uqhamkaphi wena : where are you coming from i.e. where have you been (uqhamuka = you coming, kuphi = where, wena = you) ---------------------------------------- (thanks to Cameron for his musical ear and Thembinkosi for the Zulu words!) Website for Johnny Clegg, one of the Juluka founder members, is www.johnnyclegg.com |