Come Again, My Lord, Come Again NLPHB 41

This is in fact Kumbayah, the ultimate three chord folk song, except John de Luca has usefully changed the words and used somewhat more than just 3 chords.

It was originally an African-American spiritual that was taken up by the folk revival of the 1950s.

A typical chord chart in D with the original lyrics would be:

D            G            D
Kum-ba-ya my Lord, kum-ba-ya
D G A
Kum-ba-ya my Lord, kum-ba-ya
D G D
Kum-ba-ya my Lord, kum-ba-ya
G D A D
Oh Lord, kum-ba-ya

But de Luca uses instead:

D      Bm7   D     G      D    Em    D
Kum-ba-ya my Lord, kum-ba-ya (Kum-ba-ya)
D Bm F#m Gmaj7 Em G A
Kum-ba-ya my Lord, kum-ba-ya (Kum-ba-ya)
D Bm7 D G Dmaj7
Kum-ba-ya my Lord, kum-ba-ya
G D A7 D G D
Oh Lord, kum-ba-ya (Kum-ba-ya)

Much more fun.

I did a backing:

1 Come again my Lord, come again! (come again)

Come again my Lord, come again! (come again)

Come again my Lord, come again!

O Lord, come again! (come again)

2 To reward the just, come again! (come again)

To bring sinners home, come again! (come again)

To make all things new, come again!

O Lord, come again! (come again)

3 Source of unity, come again! (come again)

Light of all the world, come again! (come again)

Brother of all men, come again!

O Lord, come again! (come again)

4 When my eyelids close, come again! (come again)

When my life is done, come again! (come again)

One with you at last, come again!

O Lord, come again! (come again)

I’m not going to find this version on You-Tube but listening to Judith Durham will compensate.

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