Artist: | Margaret Singana (English) |
User: | Andrew Sunshine Frangs |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Mama Tembu's Wedding - Margaret Singana KEY C BPM 136
[Intro]
C G C
[Verse 1]
C G/D G
Tonight’s tonight’s the wedding feast
G C
The men arrive with the slaughtered beast
G/D G
A wail, a chant soon fills the air
G/D C
For miles around the people hear
[Pre-Chorus]
N.C. G
Mama Thembu’s getting married here tonight
C F C
All the spirits looking, shouting their delight
G
Mama Thembu’s getting married here tonight
C F C
The bones are thrown and mama's path is very bright
[Chorus]
C G/D
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
G C
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
C G/D
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
G C
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
[Verse 2]
C G/D G
The neighbours kneel and kiss the bride
G C
The warrior waits, he’s filled with pride
G/D G
The drummer starts to pound the ground
G/D C
For miles around they hear the sound
[Pre-Chorus]
N.C. G
Mama Thembu’s getting married here tonight
C F C
All the spirits looking, shouting their delight
G
Mama Thembu’s getting married here tonight
C F C
The bones are thrown and mama's path is very bright
[Chorus]
C G/D
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
G C
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
C G/D
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
G C
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
[Verse 2]
C D
And I sighed and I called in the deep of the night
G C
Because never before have I seen such a sight
D
As the bride Mama Tembu walks out through the door
G C
And the valleys still echoes the sound of the roar
[Pre-Chorus]
N.C. G
Mama Thembu’s getting married here tonight
C F C
All the spirits looking, shouting their delight
G
Mama Thembu’s getting married here tonight
C F C
The bones are thrown and mama's path is very bright
[Chorus]
C G/D
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
G C
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
C G/D
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
G C
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
[Chorus]
C G/D
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
G C
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
C G/D
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya
G C
Ela gqirha laqgitha laqabela phaya