Intro
[C] | [F] [G] | [C] | [F] [G] (x2)
Verse 1
[C]
Hey there, Mr. Jambo
[F] [G] [C]
Out there in the African sun
[F] [G]
Do you ever get tired?
[C]
Hey there, Mr. Jambo
[F] [G]
Wll you share with me
[C] [F] [G]
The jambalaya living in your soul?
Pre-Chorus
And then he told me
[C]
Angikhulumi isiNgisi
[C]
Unaye umhumushi?
[C] [F] [G]
Yeka ukuklabalasa!
[C]
Well, I couldn't speak his language
[C]
I couldn't even understand a word
[C]
But I knew his meaning was
N.C.
What I decided I had heard
Chorus
He said
[C] [C/E]
The love you seek
[F] [G]
Is in the valley of the soul
[C] [C/E]
The love you seek
[F] [G]
It's in the wisdom written on the ancient scrolls
Instrumental
[C] | [C] | [C] | [F] [G]
Verse 2
[C]
Hey there, Mr. Jambo
[F] [G] [C]
Out there with the lions and bears
[F] [G]
Do you ever get scared?
[C]
Hey there, Mr. Jambo
[F] [G]
Can the Serengeti
c [F] [G]
Swallow up the evils of this world?
Pre-Chorus
And then he whispered
[C]
Angikhulumi isiNgisi
[C]
Unaye umhumushi?
[C] [F] [G]
Yeka ukuklabalasa!
[C]
Still couldn't speak his language
[C]
I couldn't even understand a word
[C]
But I knew his meaning was
[F] [G]
What I decided I had heard
Chorus
He said
[C] [C/E]
The love you seek
[F] [G]
Is in the valley of the soul
[C] [C/E]
The love you seek
[F] [G]
It's in the wisdom written on the ancient scrolls
Instrumental
[C] | [F] [G] | [C] | [F] [G] (x2)
Chorus
[C] [C/E]
The love you seek
[F] [G]
Is in the valley of the soul
[C] [C/E]
The love you seek
[F] [G]
It's in the wisdom written on the ancient scrolls
Outro
[C] [F] [G]
The African wisdom
[C]
Everybody say hey
[F] [G] [C]
In the valley, written on the ancient scrolls