My Fathers Jewish World Chords - Leon Rosselson

Tuning: Standard E (Capo 6th Fret)

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{tab: B|--------0--0--1--1----------0--0---|--------0--0--1--1----------0--0---|}

{tab: G|----------------------2--2---------|----------------------2--2---------|}

{tab: D|--------2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2---|--------2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2---|}

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{tab: E|----0------------------------------|----0------------------------------|}

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{tab: B|--------0--0--5--5--3--3--1--1--------0--0--------0--0---------0--0--------|}

{tab: G|--------------------------------2--2---------------------------------------|}

{tab: D|--------2--2--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--------2--2---------2--2--------|}

{tab: A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|}

{tab: E|----0---------------------------------------0--0--------0---0--------------|}

Verse 1

Em My Father came here as a boy from Czarist Russia, G B B7 And built Kaspersky in the Pale his Reservations for the Jews, Em His schooling was the Talmud and the Tora, Am The writings of the Rabbis and their laws, B7 B Music was his door to freedom, Yiddish was his mother tongue, Em And home was just a dreamland in a song.

Verse 2

He told us story of his Gentle Rabbi Father, and his mother who was fearless in the hardships that they faced, and when the drunken peasants got together, and yelled lets k**l the Jews for killing Christ, His mother grabbed the rolling pin she used to make the sabbath bread, and ran to crack their skulls my father said;

Chorus

E B It's not a nation, not a religion, E B This jewish spirit is still unbroken, A E its like the candle that mocks the darkness, B E E7 its like the song that shatters the silence, A E its like the fool who laughs at the dragon, A E its like the spark that signals rebellion, B E its like the dance that circles unending. Em - B - Em ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************