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Shambala by Three Dog Night
Shambala
INTRO:
E D A
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--------------0----|---------3-----|----------------|
-----------1-----1-|------2-----2--|---------2------|
--------2----------|---0-----------|----------------|
--2--4-------------|---------------|-----4----------|
-------------------|---------------|--5----------5--|
( repeat this sequence 4 times )
E D A
Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain
E D A
with the rain in Shambala.
E D A
wash away my sorrow, wash away my shame,
E D A
with the rain in Shambala.
(before this next part, play just the 6th string-G, F#, open E)
E D A
Ahh - ahh, oooh - oooh, oooh - oooh, yeah.
E D A
yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah.
( repeat )
E D A
Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind,
E D A
on the road to Shambala.
E D A
Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind,
E D A
on the road to Shambala.
CHORUS:
A D E
How does your light shine in the halls of Shambala?
A D E
How does your light shine in the halls of Shambala?
LEAD: r^ = already bent up, release bend \=slide down h=hammer
b=bend /=slide up r=rake
---12--------------------------------------------------------------|
---12--------------------------------------------------------------|
-------11r^---9---9---------------------------------9--11b--9h11r9-|
----------------------11\9-----------------9--9h11-----------------|
-----------------------------7---7---9/11--------------------------|
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2nd VERSE:
I can tell my sister, by the flowers in her eyes,
on the road to Shambala.
I can tell my brother, by the flowers in his eyes,
on the road to Shambala.
( CHORUS )
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version 2
INTRO: E D A (x4)
#1.
A E D A
Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain,
E D A
with the rain in Shambal.a.
A E D A
Wash away my sorrow, wash away my shame,
E D A
with the rain in Shambal.a.
CHORUS:
A E A
Aaahh, aaahh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yeah..
E D A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
A E A
Aaahh, aaahh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yeah..
E D A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
#2.
A E D A
Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind,
E D A
on the road to Shambal.a.
A E D A
Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind.
E D A
on the road to Shambal.a.
CHORUS:
A E A
Aaahh, aaahh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yeah..
E D A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
A E A
Aaahh, aaahh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yeah..
E D A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
BRIDGE:
A D A
How does your light shine..in the halls of Shambal.a?
A D A
How does your light shine..in the halls of Shambal.a?
(INTERLUDE:) E D A (x2)
#3.
A E D A
I can tell my sister by the flowers in her eyes,
E D A
on the road to Shambal.a.
A E D A
I can tell my brother by the flowers in his eyes,
E D A
on the road to Shambal.a.
CHORUS:
A E A
Aaahh, aaahh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yeah..
E D A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
A E A
Aaahh, aaahh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yeah..
E D A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
BRIDGE:
A D A
How does your light shine..in the halls of Shambal.a?
A D A
How does your light shine..in the halls of Shambal.a?
A D A
Tell me..How does your light shine..in the halls of Shambal.a?
A D A
Tell me..how does your light shine..in the halls of Shambal.a?
CHORUS:
A E A
Aaahh, aaahh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yeah..
E D A
On the road to Shambal.a
A E D A
Aaahh, aaahh, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, yeah..
E D A E D A(x2)
On the road to Shambal.a. (Fade.)
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version 3
E D A 4x
A E D A E
Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain
A D A
with the rain in Shambala.
E D A E
wash away my sorrow, wash away my shame,
A D A
with the rain in Shambala.
E D A
Ahh - ahh, oooh - oooh, oooh - oooh, yeah.
E D A
yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah. 2x
A E D A E
Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind,
A D A
on the road to Shambala.
A E D A E
Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind,
A D A
on the road to Shambala.
A D A
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala?
A D A
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala?
A E D A E
I can tell my sister, by the flowers in her eyes,
A D A
on the road to Shambala.
A E D A E
I can tell my brother, by the flowers in his eyes,
A D A
on the road to Shambala.
A D A
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala?
A D A
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala?
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version 4
standard tuning
This entire song is comprised of RIFF 1 and RIFF 2 (shown tabbed below).
RIFF 1 is the acoustic guitar that is the dominant rhythm instrument
(which is tabbed incorrectly elsewhere).
A distorted electric plays root notes under RIFF 1, almost like
a bass line. Another guitar joins from the 2nd verse on with E, D and A chords.
RIFF 2 is played by both acoustic and electric on the Chorus.
There might seem a bit of a clash when RIFF 1 hits open G (like an Em) and the
other rhythm instruments are hitting G# (playing E Major), but surprising
as it is, that IS how it is played. Please see the CHORD VOICING chart below.
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intro
E||--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|
G||--------------------------|
D||--------------------0--2--|
A||-----------------4--------|
E||--------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[VERSES] ("RIFF 1" - see song structure below)
E5 Em7/D A/C# A E5 Dsus9 A ("L"= held note)
e||--0---0-----0-----|-----------------|-----0-------0---|------------------||
B||--0-----------3---|-----------------|-----------3-----|---2---2----------||
G||*-4-----0-------0-|-----2-2---------|---4-----2-------|---2---2---------*||
D||*-2-------0-------|---2---2-----0-1-|-2-----0-------2-|-L-2---2-----0-2-*||
A||------------------|-4-----0---4-----|---------------0-|-L---------4------||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[CHORUS] ("RIFF 2" - see song structure below)
A D/A A D A
e||------------------|---------------2-|-L-2---2---2-----|------------------||
B||------2---------3-|-L-2-------2-2-3-|-L-3---3---3---2-|---2-2---2--------||
G||*-----2---------2-|-L-2-------2-2-2-|-L-2---2---2---2-|---2-2---2-------*||
D||*-----2---------4-|-L-2-------2-2-0-|-L-0---0---0---2-|---2-2---2-------*||
A||--0---0---------0-|-L-0-------0-0---|---------------0-|---0-0---0--------||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
How ... light shine in.... of Sham-ba- la? tell me...
SONG STRUCTURE
[INTRO] RIFF 1 2x
[VERSE 1] RIFF 1 4x
[VERSE 2] RIFF 1 4x
[CHORUS] RIFF 2 2x ("How does your light shine...")
[SOLO] RIFF 1 1x
[VERSE 3] RIFF 1 4x
[CHORUS] RIFF 2 2x
[CHORUS] RIFF 2 2x
[OUTRO] RIFF 1 6x (and fade out)
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CHORD VOICINGS
E5 xx2400
Em7/D xx0030 (use 2nd finger to make transition to A/C# easier)
A/C# x422xx
A x0222x (barred 2nd fret)
Dsus9 xx0230
D xx0232
D/A x0423x (or "A6sus4")
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(Additional GUITAR) - enters on 2nd verse
E D A/C# A E D A
e||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2---2---------||
G||------------------|-----2-2---------|-----------------|---2---2---------||
D||--6-------4-------|---2---2---6-4---|-6-------4-----2-|-L-2---2---6-4---||
A||--7-------5-------|-4-----0-------7-|-7-----5-------0-|-L-------------7-||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
GUITAR #2 CHORDS (enters on 2nd verse)
E x76xxx
D x54xxx
A/C# x422xx
A x0222x
[INTRO]
[VERSE 1]
A E D A
Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain
E D A
with the rain in Sham-bala
Wash away my sorrow, wash away my shame,
with the rain in Sham-bala
E D A
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
E D A
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
[VERSE 2]
Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind,
on the road to Shambala
Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind,
on the road to Shambala
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
[CHORUS]
A A6sus4 A D A
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala?
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala?
[GUITAR SOLO]
[VERSE 3]
I can tell my sister, by the flowers in her eyes,
on the road to Shambala.
I can tell my brother, by the flowers in his eyes,
on the road to Shambala
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
[CHORUS] (play 2x)
[OUTRO] (repeats 6x and fades out)
Ahh- oooh-oooh, oooooh-oooh, oooh-oooh yeah
yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
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version 5
BELOW IS THE CHORD BEING HELD WHILE PLAYING:
(E) (D) (E) (D) (A)
e |------------------------------------0-0-0---|
B |------------3---------------------3-3-3-3---|
G |------110--2------2-------1-110--2--3-3-3---|
D |----2-220-0-----------------220-0---3-3-3---|
A |-2-4--220-------4-----4-5---220-----0-0-0---|
E |---------------5----5-----------------------|
This Riff continues through the whole song
Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain
With the rain in Shambala
Wash away my sorrow, wash away my shame
With the rain in Shambala
(chorus)
Ah, ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind
On the road to Shambala
Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind
On the road to Shambala
(repeat chorus)
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala (2xs)
I can tell my sister by the flowers in her eyes
On the road to Shambala
I can tell my brother by the flowers in his eyes
On the road to Shambala
(repeat chorus)
How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala (2xs)
(repeat chorus reprise)
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