Capo - 3
SOL RE MIm
SOL RE MIm
It was 25 years they take that man away
Now the freedom moves in closer every day
SOL RE MImWipe the tears down from your saddened eyes
SOL RE MImThey say Mandela's free so step outside
SOL RE MIm
Oh oh oh oh Mandela day
Oh oh oh oh Mandela's free
It was 25 years ago this very day
SOL RE MImHeld behind four walls all through night and day
SOL RE MImStill the children know the story of that man
And I know what's going on right through your land
25 years ago
SOL RE MImNa na na na Mandela day
SOL RE MImOh oh oh Mandela's free
SOL RE MIm
If the tears are flowing wipe them from your face
I can feel his heartbeat moving deep inside
SOL RE MImIt was 25 years they took that man away
SOL RE MImAnd now the world come down say Nelson Mandela's free
Bridge
SOL RE MIm SOL RE MIm SIm SOL RE MIm
Oh oh oh oh Mandela's free
SOL RE MIm
The rising suns sets Mandela on his way
SOL RE MImIts been 25 years around this very day
From the one outside to the ones inside we say
SOL RE MImOh oh oh oh Mandela's free
SOL RE MImOh oh oh set Mandela free
SOL RE MIm
Na na na na Mandela day
Na na na na Mandela's free
25 years ago
What's going on
And we know what's going on
Cos we know what's going on
Song written for the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute, a concert held at Wembley Stadium, London, in 11 June 1988, as an expression of solidarity with the then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela.