My Land Is Kenya Chords
My Land Is Kenya by Roger Whittaker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F, C, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(Intro) G F G F C
(verse 1)
C F C
You only got one mama you only got one pa
C F C
You only got one life to live no matter who you are
C G F Dm
You can go the whole world over every city has its dawn
C F G C G
But everybody living has one place where he was born
G C F C
And mine is Kenya so warm and wild and free
F Em Dm G
You'll always stay with me here in my heart
C F C
My land is Kenya right from your highlands to the sea
F Em Dm G F C G F G F C
You'll always stay with me here in my heart here in my heart
(verse 2)
C F C
You only got one childhood and the memories that spring
C F C
When you see your house the tree you climbed and all those precious things
C G F Dm
The faces of the friends I had the images that form
C F G C G
When I close my eyes in the land I love the land where I was born
G C F C
My land is Kenya so warm and wild and free
F Em Dm G
You'll always stay with me here in my heart
G C F C
My land is Kenya right from your highlands to the sea
F Em Dm G F C
You'll always stay with me here in my heart here in my heart
(Interval as lines 1 and 2 of verse)
C F C F Em Dm G
(Outro)
G C F C
My land is Kenya right from your highlands to the sea
F Em Dm G F C G F G F C
You'll always stay with me here in my heart here in my heart