A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[Verse 1]
G A G A G A D Dsus4 D
All along the rive-e-e-er Chelmsford's army lay asleep,
G A G A
Come to crush the children of Mageba-a-a-a,
G A D Dsus4 D
Come to exact the realm's price for peace,
Bm G
And in the morning as they saddled up to ride,
Bm G G A
Their eyes shone with the fire and the steel,
Bm G
The general told them of the task that lay ahead,
Bm A G D
To bring the people of the sky to heel.
[Chorus]
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[Verse 2]
G A G A
Mud and sweat on polished leathe-e-e-er,
G A D Dsus4 D
Warm rain seeping to the bone,
G A G A
They rode through the season's wet weathe-e-e-er,
G A D Dsus4 D
Straining for a glimpse of the foe,
Bm G
Hopeless battalion destined to die,
Bm G G A
Broken by the benders of kings,
Bm G
Vainglorious general and Victorian pride,
Bm A G D
Would cost him and eight hundred men their lives.
[Chorus]
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[Verse 3]
G A G A
They came to the side of the mounta-a-a-ain,
G A D Dsus4 D
Scouts rode out to spy the land,
G A G A
Even as the realm's soldiers lay resti-i-i-ing,
G A D Dsus4 D
Mageba's forces were soon at hand,
Bm G
And by the evening the vultures were wheeling,
Bm G G A
Above the ruins where the fallen lay,
Bm G
An ancient song as old as the ashes,
Bm A G D
Echoed as Mageba's warriors marched away.
[Chorus]
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[Chorus]
N.C.
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
N.C.
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
N.C.
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
N.C.
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[Chorus]
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
[Outro]
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
A Asus4 A G
Impi! wo 'nans' impi iyeza,
Bm A Asus4 A
Obani bengathinta amabhubesi?
(Fade Out)
