Shambala
Three Dog Night (Daniel Moore, 1973)


                  G           F              C
A |-----------||--------2-----0-----------|--------3--3--------------|
E |--0--1--2--||o-3--------3--1--3--1-----|--0--3-----3-----0--1--2--|
C |-----------||o-2-----------0--------0--|--0--------0--------------|
G |-----------||--------------------------|-----------0--------------|

     G        F           C       u    u
A |--------2-----------0--3-|-----3----3---------------||
E |-----3-----------1-----0-|-----0----0-----0--1--2--o||
C |--------------0--------0-|-----0----0--------------o||
G |--0--------2-----------0-|--------------------------||

Strum:
      G       F         C                 G     F       C          
4/4 | D - D u D - D u | D - D u - u d u | D - D U - u d U | - u - u - u d u |  
      1   2 & 3   4 &   1   2 &   & 4 &   1   2 &   & 4 &     &   &   & 4 &


Intro - Riff x2
Wash a- | [G] way my troubles, [F] . wash a- | [C] way my pain
with the | [G] rain in [F] Shamba- | [C] la ...
wash a- | [G] way my sorrow, [F] . wash a- | [C] way my shame
with the | [G] rain in [F] Shamba- | [C] la ...

Chorus
Ahh - ooh, | [G] oooh - oooh, [F] . oooh - | [C] oooh, yeah
| [G] yeah - yeah - [F] yeah - yeah - | [C] yeah
Ahh - ooh, | [G] oooh - oooh, [F] . oooh - | [C] oooh, yeah
| [G] yeah - yeah - [F] yeah - yeah - | [C] yeah

Every- | [G] one is helpful, [F] . everyone is | [C] kind
on the | [G] road to [F] Shamba- | [C] la
Every- | [G] one is lucky, [F] . everyone is so | [C] kind
on the | [G] road to [F] Shamba- | [C] la

Chorus
Ahh - ooh, | [G] oooh - oooh, [F] . oooh - | [C] oooh, yeah
| [G] yeah - yeah - [F] yeah - yeah - | [C] yeah
Ahh - ooh, | [G] oooh - oooh, [F] . oooh - | [C] oooh, yeah
| [G] yeah - yeah - [F] yeah - yeah - | [C] yeah

Bridge
| [C] How does your light | shine in the | [F] halls of [G] Shamba- | [C] la? [C!!] |   
| [C] How does your light | shine in the | [F] halls of [G] Shamba- | [C] la? [C!!] |

Riff x 1

I can | [G] tell my sister, [F] . by the | [C] flowers in her eyes
on the | [G] road to [F] Shamba- | [C] la
I can | [G] tell my brother, [F] . by the | [C] flowers in his eyes
on the | [G] road to [F] Shamba- | [C] la

Chorus
Ahh - ooh, | [G] oooh - oooh, [F] . oooh - | [C] oooh, yeah
| [G] yeah - yeah - [F] yeah - yeah - | [C] yeah
Ahh - ooh, | [G] oooh - oooh, [F] . oooh - | [C] oooh, yeah
| [G] yeah - yeah - [F] yeah - yeah - | [C] yeah

Bridge
| [C] How does your light | shine in the | [F] halls of [G] Shamba- | [C] la? [C!!] |   
| [C] How does your light | shine in the | [F] halls of [G] Shamba- | [C] la? [C!!] |
| [C] How does your light | shine in the | [F] halls of [G] Shamba- | [C] la? [C!!] |   
| [C] How does your light | shine in the | [F] halls of [G] Shamba- | [C] la?

Outro - Repeat and fade
Ahh - ooh, | [G] oooh - oooh, [F] . oooh - | [C] oooh, yeah
| [G] yeah - yeah - [F] yeah - yeah - | [C] yeah
Ahh - ooh, | [G] oooh - oooh, [F] . oooh - | [C] oooh, yeah
| [G] yeah - yeah - [F] yeah - yeah - | [C] yeah

#Original in key of A. This chart is in key of C.

#Last Updated 10/11/2021 JJ
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