Kumbaya Chord Lead Sheet

Kumbaya Chord Sheet

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1. Kumbaya my Lord, kumba ya!

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Kumbaya my Lord, kumba ya!

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Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya!

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O Lord, kumba ya!

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2. Hear me crying, Lord, kum bay ya;

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Hear me crying, Lord, kum bay ya;

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Hear me crying, Lord, kum bay ya,

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O Lord, kum bay ya.

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3. Hear me singing, Lord, kum bay ya;

4. Hear me praying, Lord, kum bay ya;

5. Oh, I need you, Lord, kum bay ya;

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Hear me singing, Lord, kum bay ya;

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Hear me singing, Lord, kum bay ya,

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O Lord, kum bay ya.

"Kumbaya" or "Kumbayah" or "Cumbaya" (Gullah, "Come By Here" — "Kum ba yah") — is a spiritual song first recorded in the 1920s.  enjoyed broad popularity as a hit song during the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Sometimes credited to Africa or a white minister, it is most likely from Africla Americans in  Creole language spoken by the former slaves living in the Islands of South Carolina and Georgia before modern Gospel, soul, rock or rap.