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Thirty sacred songs from traditions all over the world.

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African chant
Afra Ama Kilia Kitango

by Traditional

A short African call-and-response chant built on a repeating minor progression.
Afra Ama Kilia Kitango
Key Bm
Contemporary sacred
All I Have To Do

by Helen Knight

An expansive heart-opening song rooted in horizon, land, and earth.
All I have to do
Key Gm
Contemporary sacred
All Is Love

by Dub Sutra

A minimal circular refrain affirming that all is love.
All is love
Key D
Contemporary sacred
Andelele

by Aquario

A chant to spirits and ancestors carried on the wind.
Spirits around we’re grateful for your presence
Key Am
Rainbow
Angels Sing

by Uria Tsur

A gentle rainbow song, angels singing in my soul.
Angels singing, angels singing
Key Am
Hindu and kirtan
Baba Hanuman

by Krishna Das, in Hindi

Krishna Das's beloved Hanuman kirtan (Namo namo, Anjani Nandanaya), with the full chart's Dm turn in the chorus.
Namo... Namo... (repeat)
Key C
Contemporary sacred
Carry Me River

by Derk de Geus

Let the flow of the river carry you home.
Carry me river
Key Bm
Hindu and kirtan
Ganesha Mantra

by Traditional, in Sanskrit

A call-and-response invocation of Ganesha, Lakshmi, and Sarasvati.
Om Ganesha
Key Bm
Contemporary sacred
Garden of My Life

by Derk de Geus

A manifestation mantra. What do you plant in the garden of your life?
I'm sowing the seeds of Love
Key Cm
Hindu and kirtan
Gayatri Mantra

by Traditional, Derk de Geus, in Sanskrit

The ancient Gayatri mantra paired with an English invocation.
Om Bhur Bhuvah Svaha Tat Savitur
Key Cm
Hallelujah (I'm on my way)

by Sam Garrett, Molly Mendoza

Slightly adapted version
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Key Bm
Contemporary sacred
Het is een hele mooie dag

by Jeroen / Pitavasa Das, in Dutch

Een opgewekt meezinglied over er mogen zijn en de schoonheid van de dag.
Ik mag er zijn
Key Em
Hawaiian
Ho’oponopono

by Traditional Hawaiian, Derk de Geus

A musical setting of the four healing phrases associated with Ho’oponopono.
I'm sorry
Key Dm
Contemporary sacred
I Know The Way

by Derk de Geus

A concise call-and-response affirmation that love is the way.
Oh I know, in my heart and my soul
Key Em
Contemporary sacred
I'm On My Way

by Sam Garrett & Mollie Mendoza

An uplifting communal refrain of hallelujahs and forward movement.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Key C
Yorùbá
Ide Were Were

by Traditional

A traditional Yorùbá chant to Oshún, orisha of love and freshwater, sung while preparing and adorning the self.
Ide were were nita Oshún
Key Em
Contemporary sacred
Inside You

by Derk de Geus

A gentle song about the ever-present peace and wisdom within us all.
Inside you
Key A
Contemporary sacred
Into the Light (Elke dag een beetje meer)

by Derk de Geus

A gentle bilingual circle song: every day a little more, dissolving into the heart of love and into radiant light.
Every day a little more
Key Am
Contemporary sacred
Lokah Samastah

by Traditional, Marlies van Kampen, Derk de Geus, in Sanskrit

A Sanskrit peace mantra answered by a Dutch prayer for freedom and happiness.
Lokah samastah
Key Am
Hindu and kirtan
Lokah Samastah Sukino Bavantu

by Krishna Das, in Sanskrit

A prayer that all beings everywhere may be happy and free.
Lokah Samas-tha Sukhi-no Bhavan-tu
Key G
Lakota and medicine
Mitakuye Oyasin

by Traditional, in Lakota

A Lakota-rooted chant honoring kinship with all relations and Pachamama.
Mitakuye Oyasin
Key Em
Hindu and kirtan
Narayana Om

by Traditional, in Sanskrit

A simple devotional chant invoking Narayana.
Narayana narayana om
Key Dm
Hindu and kirtan
Om Nama Shiva Ya (One Day From The Darkness)

by Derk de Geus

An English sacred narrative framed by a repeated Shiva mantra.
One day, from the darkness
Key Am
Buddhist
Om Tare Tuttare

by Krishna Das, in Sanskrit

Krishna Das's two-part setting of the Green Tara mantra.
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha
Key Am
Contemporary sacred
Open the Door

by Derk de Geus

A spacious invitation to open the heart, soul, and home to love.
Open the door to my heart
Key Am
Take Me Away

by Unknown

A sweet song full of devotion to the mother
Take me away, won't you carry me
Key Bm
Lakota and medicine
Wakan Tanka

by Nick Barbachano, in Lakota

A Lakota-inspired medicine song of gratitude, prayer, and healing plants.
Wakan Tanka
Key C
Contemporary sacred
Walk With The Spirit

by Derk de Geus

I'm not alone, in this world - I walk with the spirit by my side
I'm not alone, in this world
Key Em
When I Look At You

by Arjen Dekker

Oh, als ik naar je kijk
Key D
Contemporary sacred
Why We Dance

by Inge Vanderplaetsen & Derk de Geus

Summer vibes, an anthem for ecstatic dance and joyful movement.
O When life forgot to bring you flowers
Key Am

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