Intro: Eb F Bb Eb (4x) 

Verse 
Gm         Eb         Bb        F 
I can't forget you my little Mushanga 
Gm        Eb          Bb        F 
I keep a place in my heart for you 
Gm           Eb           Bb           F 
The days of waiting they keep getting longer 
Gm          Eb        F 
And not a thing I can do 
Gm       Eb      Bb        F 
I was a poet, a magazine writer 
Gm        Eb         Bb      F 
Sent to report on political views 
Gm         Eb               Bb         F 
It was by chance through a lens that I met you 
Gm          Eb            F     G 
A Capetown girl with no shoes 


[Refrão]

C                 G 
You were runnin' down the road 
Am7         G/B   C 
I was going your way 
Dm7             F              C/G  F   C/E G/D 
I stopped and turned around to lent you my  hand 
     Dm7                     Bb 
You smiled though you were suffering 
    F    Bb F/A  Eb 
I didn't understand, then 

     Bb            F 
You broke into my heart 
  Gm                 F 
I saw your eyes and then I knew 
     Bb            F 
You broke into my heart 
          Gm                  F 
Like the wind and rain that followed you 
     Bb             F 
You broke into my heart 
         Gm            F 
Had the Lord above forgotten you? 
     Ab                Eb 
You broke in from the start 
            Eb     Bb      Ab 
And all my tears belong to you 

Eb    F   Bb Eb   Eb    F   Bb Eb 
Mushanga, oh    , Mushanga, oh 

Verse 
Gm         Eb             Bb            F 
I sat and watched as she danced by the fires 
Gm               Eb            Bb     F 
Through ancient songs did the tale unfold 
Gm            Eb            Bb               F 
They sang of diamonds that came from their mountains 
Gm          Eb             F 
The loss of lives mining white man's gold 
Gm         Eb          Bb        F 
I had to leave and go back to Manhattan 
Gm           Eb           Bb         F 
Where all my stories are bought and sold 
Gm         Eb          Bb        F 
I know the city would surely be saddened 
Gm         Eb            F    G 
If what I knew could be told 


[Refrão]
 
C                 G 
You were runnin' down the road 
Am7         G/B   C 
I was going your way 
Dm7             F              C/G  F  C/E G/D 
I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand 
     Dm7                     Bb 
You smiled though you were suffering 
    F    Bb F/A  Eb 
I didn't understand, then 

     Bb            F 
You broke into my heart 
  Gm                 F 
I saw your eyes and then I knew 
     Bb            F 
You broke into my heart 
          Gm                  F 
Like the wind and rain that followed you 
     Bb             F 
You broke into my heart 
         Gm            F 
Had the Lord above forgotten you? 
     Ab                Eb 
You broke in from the start 
            Eb     Bb      Ab 
And all my tears belong to you 

Eb    F   Bb Eb   Eb    F   Bb Eb 
Mushanga, oh    , Mushanga, oh 

Instrumental break 

Bridge 
Gm            Eb           Bb               F 
It's been so long since I last heard your laughter 
Gm       Eb          Bb       F 
So many letters and still no news 
Gm          Eb            Bb                F 
I hope you find all the things that you're after 
Gm           Eb            F   G 
You know my heart is with you 


[Refrão]
 
C                 G 
You were runnin' down the road 
Am7         G/B   C 
I was going your way 
Dm7             F              C/G  F   C/E G/D 
I stopped and turned around to lent you my hand 
     Dm7                     Bb 
You smiled though you were suffering 
    F    Bb F/A  Eb 
I didn't understand, then 

     Bb            F 
You broke into my heart 
  Gm                 F 
I saw your eyes and then I knew 
     Bb            F 
You broke into my heart 
          Gm                  F 
Like the wind and rain that followed you 
     Bb             F 
You broke into my heart 
         Gm            F 
Had the Lord above forgotten you? 
     Bb            F 
You broke into my heart 
   Gm                F 
I saw your eyes and then I knew 
Bb F         Gm  F 
Ooohooohoohoohooohoo 
Bb F   Gm  F 
Ooohooohooohooo 
Bb F         Gm  F 
Ooohooohoohoohooohoo 
     Ab                Eb 
You broke in from the start 
            Eb      Bb     Ab 
And all my tears belong to you 


Eb    F   Bb Eb   Eb    F   Bb Eb 
Mushanga, oh    , Mushanga, oh    repeat 3x