Sashamon Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays426

Sashamon by Jah Roots is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, A and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Bm                   A 
  Send jah roots down 
E 
  Then we gonna grow 
Bm                   A 
  Send jah roots down 
E 
  And reach to the sky 


verse 1 

Bm          A    E                 Bm 
  Oh great wind carry the voice of jah 
     A                       E 
  So we may hear the song of beauty 
Bm        A             E 
  I wanna hear that song got to hear it 
Bm     A             E 
  So I can sing that song so the river sparkles to the sea 


Bm                   A 
  Send jah roots down 
E 
  Then we gonna grow 
Bm                   A 
  Send jah roots down 
E 
  And reach to the sky 


verse 2 

Bm       A          E                               Bm 
  To the speaker of lessons reveal the knowledge of jah 
   A                   E 
So we may reap all jah beauty 
Bm        A             E                  Bm 
  Let jah truth be known we are not alone 
A       E 
We are one under jah sun 


Bm                   A 
  Send jah roots down 
E 
  Then we gonna grow 
Bm                   A 
  Send jah roots down 
E 
  And reach to the sky 


verse 3 

Bm         A 
 Jah roots make ya feel so nice 
E 
Jah roots make ya move your body 
Bm         A 
 jah roots play them day and night 
E 
 it’s the rhythm that’s gonna make it right 
Bm        A 
 Jah roots put em in the ground 
E 
 and the evil no where to be found said 
Bm         A               E 
 jah roots is what we need so lets get down lets get dirty 


Interlude 

Bm                  A     E 
Send jah roots down          (x4) 


Bm                  A 
Send jah roots down 
E 
 Then we gonna grow 
Bm                  A 
Send jah roots down 
E 
 for all mankind 


verse 4 

Bm          A                E               
 We are the builders of this mankind society  
Bm      A             E 
   Lets send down jah roots 
Bm  A            E 
    Food for all love for all  
Bm  A              E 
    Beauty for all for all for all 


Interlude 

Bm                  A     E 
Send jah roots down          (x4) 


Bm                  A 
Send jah roots down 
E 
 Then we gonna grow 
Bm                  A 
Send jah roots down 
E 
 for all mankind 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante