View Guitar Chords for Old eyes - chords ver. 1
Verse 1:CI was the onGly one who wiAmtnessed my homecoming G-F G F G C So I asked myself: Brother Joseph, how've you been? CThen I met an oGld man who Amknew me as a boy G-F G F G C (I) said, Father, where've the people, where've the homesteads gone? And he said, SFon, I'll be oGld until I dAmie now And thFen I will joGin our peFople iGn the sCky FI am not the oGne to Amask the reasons why G-F G F G C Your brothers and your sisters have been scattered in the windChorus:And he said oCld eyes (mehlomadala) You've got oAmld eyes, boy (mehlomadala) FYou've seen much too mGuch for one so yCoung G-C He said old eyes (mehlomadala) You've got oAmld eyes, boy (mehlomadala) Dm F Am-G Child, from whence have you come?Verse 2:CWhen I left that mGountain land so gFold and gCreen AmI was a stGurdy siFxteen yGearCs CWork was hGard and the wFage was lCow And the seAmasons passed me bGy oFne by oCne And I dreFamed, MaGria, you would wAmait for my return We'd buFild a home uGpon the rock, benFeath the Gsmiling Csun But Fas the oGld man used to Amsay when I was young PFeople come and peGople go, but the moFuntain stGill remCainsZulu chorus:And he said meChlomadala, Ammehlomadala FAng(i)sakwGaz(i) wemganaCm(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