============================ Kum ba yah African-American Traditional ============================ Tabbed by: Greg Mills (peglgpete@aol.com) Public Domain, this arr. © 2000 Greg Mills. G Em G E|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|--------0-------|0---0-----------|2---2---0-------| A|----2-----------|----------------|----------------| E|3---------------|----------------|----------------| Kum ba ya-- my lord-- Kum ba ya-- G C D E|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|--------0-------|0---0-----------|----------------| A|----2-----------|----------------|3---2---0-------| E|3---------------|----------------|----------------| Kum ba ya-- my lord-- Kum ba ya-- G Em G E|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|--------0-------|0---0-----------|2---2---0-------| A|----2-----------|----------------|----------------| E|3---------------|----------------|----------------| Kum ba ya-- my lord-- Kum ba ya-- C G D G E|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|3-------2-------|0---0-----------| E|------------3---|--------3-------| oh-- lo rd Kum ba ya-- Someone's sleeping Lord. Kum ba yah Someone's crying Lord. Kum ba yah Someone's singing Lord. Kum ba yah Someone's laughing Lord. Kum ba yah Someone's praying Lord. Kum ba yah Kumbayah my Lord, Kum ba yah Note: Kumbayah means "Come by here." The language is Gullah which is a mix of English and African dialects which was spoken by African-Americans in the coastal areas and islands of Georgia and South Carolina. The dialect also appears in Joel Chandler Harris's "Uncle Remus" stories.