Sacred Rainbow Nation Songs of Light, Peace and Love · Rank 45

Humble (Yourself)

key C major / A minor tempo ≈129 chords Am G E

Adapted from the traditional gospel “Humble Yourself in the Sight of the Lord” — the Rainbow rewrite turns it to the Mother and the elements. It is printed in Elf Songbook #136 (chorded) · Songbook2020 #38 (elemental verses). The melody here follows the singing on Mettaben's Rainbow Chant Collection — humble_yourself.mp3 (CC BY-NC-SA; 2 alternate takes in same collection).

Melody

Words & chords — as printed in the songbook

Am G

You got to humble yourself in the sight of the mother

Am

You got to bend down low

G

Humble yourself in the sight of the mother

Am

You got to know what she knows

Am G Am E

And we shall lift each other up, higher and higher

Am G Am E

We shall lift each other up

(further rounds: father, children, brother, sister,

mountain, ocean, fire ... / water: know how it flows)