Jambo Chords by Ella Jenkins

[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Jambo, _ _ [E] _
Jambo, [Dbm] _ Jambosana, [Abm] _ _ Jambo, [Dbm] _ _ [Abm] Jambosana, _ _ Jambo, _ Jambo, _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Dbm] _ Jambosana, [Abm] _ _ Jambo, [Dbm] _
_ [Abm] Jambosana,
_ Jambo.
Recently, I had an opportunity to visit East Africa, and two of the countries that I visited _ _
were Tanzania and also Kenya.
Let's hear you pronounce Tanzania.
_ Tanzania.
And Kenya.
Kenya.
Now, one of the languages spoken there was _ Swahili.
_ Swahili.
And I was very, very surprised and very amazed at how courteous the girls and boys were,
and the adults.
[Bb] Anytime you would pass by anyone, someone would always say, hello, or jambo.
Let's hear you say that.
Jambo.
And if you wanted to be unusually polite, you would add very much, and the word is sana.
_ Sana.
And you put those together, and you'd say, jambosana.
_ Jambosana.
And that was an especially fine [Abm] hello.
_ _ This time, I'd like for you to just, whatever I say to you, you just say right back to me,
and try not to jump the beat. _ _ _ _
_ _ Jambo. _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Dbm] _ Jambosana.
[Abm] _ _ [E] Jambo.
[Dbm] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
Hello.
_ _ _ _ _ [E]
[Dbm] Hello, everybody.
_ [Abm] _ Hello.
_ [Dbm] _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ Hello. _
_ _ _ _ _ Hello, [Dbm] _
[Abm] children.
_ Hello.
[Dbm] _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ The Swahili word for children is watoto.
Let's hear you pronounce that.
Watoto.
_ _ Jambo.
_ _ Jambo.
[Dbm] Jambo, watoto, [Abm] _ _ jambo.
[E]
[Dbm] Jambo, [Abm] watoto, _ jambo. _
Hello.
_ _ Hello.
_ [Dbm] Hello, my good [Abm] friends, hello.
_ [Dbm] Hello, my [Abm] friends, hello.
_ _ Jambo.
_ _ Jambo.
[Dbm] _ _ [Abm] Jambosana, _ jambo.
[Dbm] _ _ Jambosana, [Abm] _
jambo.
_ _ Jambo. _ _
Jambo.
[E] _ [Dbm] _ Jambosana, [Abm] _ _
jambo.
[Dbm] _ _ [Abm] Jambosana, jambo.
And keep that going.
[Dbm] _ _ Jambosana, [Abm] _ jambo.
[Dbm] _ _ Jambosana, [Abm] _ jambo. _
[Dbm] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _