Chords for Fiddler on the roof - Tradition ( with subtitles )

And how do we keep our balance?
That I can tell you in one word.
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[Db] _ of our traditions, _ we've kept our [Ab] balance for many, many [Db] years. _ _ _ _ _
_ Here in Anatevka, [Ab] we have [Db] traditions for everything.
How to sleep, how to eat, _ _ how to work, _ _ _ how to wear clothes.
_ _ For instance, we always keep our heads covered _ and always wear a little prayer shawl.
This shows our constant devotion to God.
_ You may ask, how did this tradition get started?
[Abm] I'll tell you.
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[Db] _ I don't know.
But it's a tradition. _
And because of our traditions,
_ _ every one of us knows who he is and what God expects him to do.
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [E] You have to find the word [Eb] at home.
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_ [Eb] _ [Bb] We _ _ _ must know the way to make a proper [B] home.
A quiet home, a [Bb] kosher home.
We must raise a family and run the home.
So call us [Bb] free to read the holy book.
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ The [B] Mama _ [Bb] Tradition.
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_ _ _ [A] The _ [D] Prophet's story.
The Prophet's _ [Eb] _ _ [D]
story.
The Mama Tradition.
_ _ The [Eb] Prophet's story.
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The Mama Tradition. _ _ _ _ _ _
And in the circle of our little village, we've always had our special types.
For [N] instance, Yenter the [D] matchmaker, _ _
Remnachum the beggar,
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and most important of all, [Gm] our beloved Rabbi.
Rabbi, may I ask you a question?
Certainly, Leibish.
Is there a proper blessing for the Tsar?
A blessing for the Tsar?
Of course.
May God bless and keep the Tsar far away from us.
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_ [Abm] _ _ _ [Ebm] And there are the others [Ab] in our village.
[Ebm] They make a much bigger circle.
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_ _ [Eb] We don't bother them, and so far, they don't bother us.
_ _ And among [Db] ourselves, we always get along perfectly well.
_ Of course, there was the [Gb] time when he sold him a horse [Db] and told him it was only six years old,
when it was really twelve.
_ Now, it's all over.
And we all live in simple peace and harmony. _ _
It was really twelve years old.
It was six.
Ten years of the Tsar and he was gone.
And he was gone.
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_ Now, now, he's gone. _ _ _
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[Db] Tradition, _ tradition, [D] _ [Db] tradition, tradition, _ _ [D] tradition, [Db] _ tradition.
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Traditions, traditions.
Without our [Ab] traditions, our lives would be as shaky [Db] as _ [Db] _ a [D] fiddler on the roof. _ _ _ _ _ _
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