Chop Em Down - Ver 2
- Matisyahu
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Intro
Am
Yo, Sum da ya woy yay yo wah yo hoooo
Verse 1
Am Em
Said from the forest itself comes the handle for the axe
Am Em
Split this wilderness listen, I'm not missing where it's at
Am Em
Clear a path so that you could find your way back
Am
Chop 'em down, chop 'em down
Em
Chop 'em down, chop 'em down
Bridge
Dm7 Em
Then I'ma said, time flies by like clouds passing in the sky
Dm7 Em
Lifetimes even gone with the blink of an eye
Dm7 Em
March through the desert one step at a time
Dm7
March through the desert one step at a time
Verse 2
Am Em
Said, from the forest itself comes the handle for the axe
Am Em
Drop the staff Moshe Rabbeinu split the ocean in half
Am Em
March through the desert this ain't where it's at
Am
Said chop 'em down, Chop 'em down
Em
Chop 'em down, chop 'em down
Bridge
Dm7
Then I'ma said, patterns engraved not so easily erased
Em
Still wandering trying to find your place
Dm7
I said, playing the game I see pain on your face
Em
Now a day's the Yidden like children sold as slaves
Dm7 Em
Strange ways running through the maze, strange ways, always
Dm7
Lost in the desert trying to find your way
Dm7 Em
Lost, lost in the desert trying to find your way
Verse 3
Am Em
From the forest itself comes the handle for the axe
Am Em
Split this wilderness, listen I'm not missing where it's at
Am Em
Clear a path so that you could find your way back
Am
Said chop 'em down, chop 'em down
Em
Chop 'em down, chop 'em down, na-na
Bridge
Dm7 Em
Yosef descended sold as a slave
Dm7 Em
Thrown into a dungeon cause he wouldn't be swayed
Dm7 Em
Interpreted Pharaoh's dreams and Egypt was saved
Dm7
Stock piled food for seven years of rain
Dm7
Sold to all the nations when the drought came
Verse 4
Am Em
Yosef rose to power and the Yidden stayed
Am Em
Started to build and success was made
Am Em
Pharaoh is getting worried let's make them pay
Am
Bound in chains, first born was sent down to their graves
Bridge
Dm7 Em
Moshe was saved and a prince he was raised
Dm7 Em
Hashem spoke to him, "Here's a message to relay
Dm7 Em
Take my Nation from Mitzrayim, must see the suffering"
Dm7
Hard hearts ego breaks take sparks and make way
Dm7
Trail blaze through the wasteland breaking the chains
Break
Am Em
Ribbi dibbi dibbi, dibbi ye yo yo, yiggy yo, yiggy yo, oh yiggy yo yo
Am Em
Yiggy yo yo, yiggy yo, yiggy yo yo, oh yiggy yo-oh ohhh
Verse 5
Am
Last generation just the remnants
Em
Peel through this wasteland leaving footprints
Am Em
Peel off the lid this is just plastic, gotta get into it, get-get into it
Am Em
Said heavy hitter stepping solid never quit or jump into the ocean before it split, gotta jump into it
Am
Jump-jump into the ocean, jump into it
Em
Rip-rip through Egypt, rip through it
Am Em
600,000 witnessed it, no you didn't forget, no you didn't forget
Am
Rip-rip through Egypt, rip through it
Em
Said rip-rip through Egypt, yo!
Outro
Am
Said, in the spiritual desert things are not what they seem
Em
Snakes camouflaged just to fit the scene
Am Em
Put your faith in the mirage, it's just a smoke screen, just a smoke screen, just a smoke...
Am
In the spiritual desert things are not what they seem
Em
Snakes camouflaged just to fit the scene
Am
Put your faith in the mirage, it's just a smoke screen,
Em
Took that path and you no where it leads
Fmaj7
Ooh-wa, eee-ah, you-ahh, ooh-ahh
Am Em
Diggy woy yo











