intro: 

C - G - D - G



    Ziya-po ya-ya, pa-pa-ya-pa!

    Ti-da-lee, na po-po pu-du-loo!

    Ste-na-peh na-na po po-ro po!

    G     D       Em

    Africa unite:

    C                   D                  Em

    'cause we're moving right out of babylon,

    C                   D                  Em

    And we're going to our father's land, yea-ea.



   I:

    G                 D                 Em             C

    How good and how pleasant it would be before god and man, yea-eah! -

    G              D       Em         C         

    To see the unification of all africans, yeah! -

    G               D         Em           C

    As it's been said a'ready, let it be done, yeah!

    G             D        Em           C

    We are the children of the rastaman;

     G           D         Em          C

    We are the children of the iyaman.



   Chorus:

       G       D     Em       

    So-o, africa unite:

       C                             D        

    'cause the children (africa unite) wanna come home.

    G     D     Em

    Africa unite:

                C              D          Em

    'cause we're moving right out of babylon, yea,

               C             D            Em

    And we're grooving to our father's land, yea-ea.