Ya Rayah Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play Ya Rayah chords by Rachid Taha on guitar.

Ya Rayah with chords

The two verses are played in the same way.

We will therefore only look at Chorus and verse 1.

Chorus of the song

Here are the three chords you will be using to play chorus :

chords ya Rayah

When you master those, you can follow the next tab to play chorus twice :

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

guitar ya Rayah
Tab text
Am9 E(b9)
Ya rayah win msafar trouh taaya wa twali 
Dm E(b9) Am9
Chhal nadmou laabad el ghaflin qablak ou qabli 

Verse 1 of the music

To play the verses, you need to know three new chords :

chords guitar

When you master those positions, you can follow the next framework to play verse 1 and, following the lyrics, verse 2 :

tab guitar
Tab text
Am9 A9 Dm
Chhal cheft al bouldan laamrine wa lber al khali 
G F E(b9) Am9
Chhal dhiyaat wqat chhal tzid mazal ou t’khali 
Am9 A9 Dm
Ya lghayeb fi bled ennas chhal taaya ma tadjri 
G F E(b9) Am9
Tzid waad el qoudra wala zmane wenta ma tedri 

Ya Rayah video with tab

You can try to play an other oriental song like the famous jazz Caravan. Also, you can improvise watching for our oriental Spanish scale.

Ya Rayah lyrics

The song Ya Rayah by Rachid Taha is composed of a chorus and two verses.

The structure of the lyrics is simple:

Chorus – Verse 1 – Chorus – Verse 2

Chorus (x2)

Ya rayah win msafar trouh taaya wa twali 
Chhal nadmou laabad el ghaflin qablak ou qabli 

Verse 1

Chhal cheft al bouldan laamrine wa lber al khali 
Chhal dhiyaat wqat chhal tzid mazal ou t’khali 
Ya lghayeb fi bled ennas chhal taaya ma tadjri 
Tzid waad el qoudra wala zmane wenta ma tedri 

Chorus (x2)

Verse 2

Ya msafer naatik oussaayti addiha el bakri 
Chouf ma yeslah bik qbal ma tbia ou ma techri 
Ya nnayem djani khabrek ma sralek ma srali 
Hakdha rad el qalb bel djbine sabhane el aali 

If you start the guitar, we offer you other easy guitar chords on Decibel Score.

Easy score for beginners

The following score is a “home-made” easy score for beginners that we created according to the above frameworks and explanations.

This score summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play Ya Rayah by Rachid Taha on guitar.