Chords for My Zaidy by Moshe Yess from Oorah's Shmorg 2
Tempo:
120.1 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
Am
E
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [F]
[Bm]
[E] [Am] My Zadie lived with us [D] in my parents' [Dm] home.
[Am] He used to laugh, [C] he put me [F] on his knee.
[E] And he [A] spoke about [Dm] his life [Am] in Poland.
[C] [F] He spoke but with a bitter [E] memory.
[A] And he spoke about [C] the soldiers [Dm] who would beat him.
And [Am] they laughed at him, [E] they tore [F] his long black [E] coat.
And he [Dm] spoke about a synagogue [A] that they burnt [C] down.
[Em] And [F] the crying that was heard [E] beneath the smoke.
But [Dm] Zadie made [Am] us laugh, [Dm] Zadie made us [Am] sing.
And [Dm] Zadie made [G] a kiddish [A] Friday [Em] night.
[Dm] And Zadie, oh my [G] Zadie, how [Am] I love [Em] him so.
[F] And Zadie used to teach me [E]
wrong [Bm] from right.
[E] [A] His eyes lit up [C] when he would teach [Dm] me Torah.
[Am] And he taught me every [C] line [F] so carefully.
[E] [Dm] And he spoke about our slavery [Am] in Egypt.
[C] [F] And how God took us out to make [E] us [Bm] free.
[Dm] But winter [Am] went by, [Dm] summer came [Am] along.
[Dm] I went to [G] camp to [C] run and play.
[Am]
And [Dm] when I came back home they [Am] said, [C] Zadie's gone.
[F] And all his books were packed and [B] stored away.
[E] And [A] I don't know [C] how or why it [Dm] came to be.
[Am] It happened slowly over [F] many years.
[E] [Dm] We just stopped being Jewish like [Am] my Zadie [C] was.
[F] And no one cared enough to [E] shed [Bm] a tear.
[E] [Dm] But Zadie made us [Am] laugh, [Dm] Zadie made us sing.
[Dm] And Zadie made a Seder, [Em] Chesak night.
[E] [Dm] And Zadie, oh my Zadie, how [Am] I love [C] him so.
[F] And Zadie used to teach me [E] wrong from right.
[Am] And many winters [C] went by [Dm] and many summers came along.
[Am] And now [C] my children sit [F] in front of [E] me.
[Dm] And who will be the Zadie of [Am] my children?
[C]
[F] Who will be their Zadie if [Bm] not me?
[E] [D] Who [Dm] will be the Zadie's of our [Am]
children?
[E] [F] Who will be their [A] Zadie's if [E] not me?
And [Dm] Zadie made us [Am] laugh,
[Dm] Zadie made us [Am] sing.
[Dm] And Zadie made [G] a Kiddush, Rite [C] night.
[Am] And [Dm] Zadie, oh my Zadie, how [Am] I love [C] him so.
[F] And Zadie used [E] to teach me wrong [A] from right.
[Am] [D] [Dm]
[A] [Am]
[A]
[Bm]
[E] [Am] My Zadie lived with us [D] in my parents' [Dm] home.
[Am] He used to laugh, [C] he put me [F] on his knee.
[E] And he [A] spoke about [Dm] his life [Am] in Poland.
[C] [F] He spoke but with a bitter [E] memory.
[A] And he spoke about [C] the soldiers [Dm] who would beat him.
And [Am] they laughed at him, [E] they tore [F] his long black [E] coat.
And he [Dm] spoke about a synagogue [A] that they burnt [C] down.
[Em] And [F] the crying that was heard [E] beneath the smoke.
But [Dm] Zadie made [Am] us laugh, [Dm] Zadie made us [Am] sing.
And [Dm] Zadie made [G] a kiddish [A] Friday [Em] night.
[Dm] And Zadie, oh my [G] Zadie, how [Am] I love [Em] him so.
[F] And Zadie used to teach me [E]
wrong [Bm] from right.
[E] [A] His eyes lit up [C] when he would teach [Dm] me Torah.
[Am] And he taught me every [C] line [F] so carefully.
[E] [Dm] And he spoke about our slavery [Am] in Egypt.
[C] [F] And how God took us out to make [E] us [Bm] free.
[Dm] But winter [Am] went by, [Dm] summer came [Am] along.
[Dm] I went to [G] camp to [C] run and play.
[Am]
And [Dm] when I came back home they [Am] said, [C] Zadie's gone.
[F] And all his books were packed and [B] stored away.
[E] And [A] I don't know [C] how or why it [Dm] came to be.
[Am] It happened slowly over [F] many years.
[E] [Dm] We just stopped being Jewish like [Am] my Zadie [C] was.
[F] And no one cared enough to [E] shed [Bm] a tear.
[E] [Dm] But Zadie made us [Am] laugh, [Dm] Zadie made us sing.
[Dm] And Zadie made a Seder, [Em] Chesak night.
[E] [Dm] And Zadie, oh my Zadie, how [Am] I love [C] him so.
[F] And Zadie used to teach me [E] wrong from right.
[Am] And many winters [C] went by [Dm] and many summers came along.
[Am] And now [C] my children sit [F] in front of [E] me.
[Dm] And who will be the Zadie of [Am] my children?
[C]
[F] Who will be their Zadie if [Bm] not me?
[E] [D] Who [Dm] will be the Zadie's of our [Am]
children?
[E] [F] Who will be their [A] Zadie's if [E] not me?
And [Dm] Zadie made us [Am] laugh,
[Dm] Zadie made us [Am] sing.
[Dm] And Zadie made [G] a Kiddush, Rite [C] night.
[Am] And [Dm] Zadie, oh my Zadie, how [Am] I love [C] him so.
[F] And Zadie used [E] to teach me wrong [A] from right.
[Am] [D] [Dm]
[A] [Am]
[A]
Key:
Dm
Am
E
C
F
Dm
Am
E
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Am] My Zadie lived with us [D] in my parents' [Dm] home. _
_ [Am] He used to laugh, [C] he put me [F] on his knee.
_ [E] _ _ And he [A] spoke about [Dm] his life [Am] in Poland.
[C] _ _ [F] He spoke but with a bitter _ [E] memory. _ _ _ _
[A] And he spoke about [C] the soldiers [Dm] who would beat him.
_ _ And [Am] they laughed at him, [E] they tore [F] his long black [E] coat. _
_ And he [Dm] spoke about a synagogue [A] that they burnt [C] down.
_ [Em] And [F] the crying that was heard [E] beneath the smoke.
_ _ _ But [Dm] Zadie made [Am] us laugh, _ [Dm] Zadie made us [Am] sing.
And [Dm] Zadie made [G] a kiddish [A] Friday [Em] night.
_ _ _ [Dm] And Zadie, oh my [G] Zadie, how [Am] I love [Em] him so.
_ [F] _ And Zadie used to teach me [E]
wrong [Bm] from right.
[E] _ _ [A] His eyes lit up [C] when he would teach [Dm] me Torah. _
_ _ [Am] And he taught me every [C] line [F] so carefully.
[E] _ _ _ [Dm] And he spoke about our slavery _ [Am] in Egypt.
[C] _ _ [F] And how God took us out to make [E] us [Bm] free. _ _ _
_ [Dm] But winter [Am] went by, [Dm] summer came [Am] along.
[Dm] I went to [G] camp to [C] run and play.
_ [Am] _
_ And [Dm] when I came back home they [Am] said, _ [C] Zadie's gone.
[F] And all his books were packed and [B] stored away.
[E] _ _ And [A] I don't know [C] how or why it [Dm] came to be. _ _
[Am] It happened slowly over [F] many years.
[E] _ _ [Dm] We just stopped being Jewish _ like [Am] my Zadie [C] was.
_ [F] And no one cared enough to [E] shed [Bm] a tear.
[E] _ _ _ [Dm] But Zadie made us [Am] laugh, _ _ [Dm] Zadie made us sing.
[Dm] And Zadie made a Seder, [Em] _ Chesak night.
_ _ [E] [Dm] And Zadie, oh my Zadie, how [Am] I love [C] him so.
_ [F] And Zadie used to teach me [E] wrong from right. _ _
[Am] And many winters [C] went by [Dm] and many summers came along.
_ [Am] And now [C] my children sit [F] in front of [E] me.
_ _ [Dm] And who will be the Zadie of [Am] my children?
[C] _ _
_ [F] Who will be their Zadie if [Bm] not me?
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] Who [Dm] will be the Zadie's of our [Am]
children?
_ _ [E] _ [F] Who will be their [A] Zadie's if [E] not me? _
_ And [Dm] Zadie made us [Am] laugh, _
_ [Dm] Zadie made us [Am] sing.
_ [Dm] And Zadie made [G] a Kiddush, Rite [C] night. _ _
[Am] _ And [Dm] Zadie, oh my Zadie, how [Am] I love [C] him so.
_ [F] And Zadie used [E] to teach me _ wrong [A] from right.
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Am] My Zadie lived with us [D] in my parents' [Dm] home. _
_ [Am] He used to laugh, [C] he put me [F] on his knee.
_ [E] _ _ And he [A] spoke about [Dm] his life [Am] in Poland.
[C] _ _ [F] He spoke but with a bitter _ [E] memory. _ _ _ _
[A] And he spoke about [C] the soldiers [Dm] who would beat him.
_ _ And [Am] they laughed at him, [E] they tore [F] his long black [E] coat. _
_ And he [Dm] spoke about a synagogue [A] that they burnt [C] down.
_ [Em] And [F] the crying that was heard [E] beneath the smoke.
_ _ _ But [Dm] Zadie made [Am] us laugh, _ [Dm] Zadie made us [Am] sing.
And [Dm] Zadie made [G] a kiddish [A] Friday [Em] night.
_ _ _ [Dm] And Zadie, oh my [G] Zadie, how [Am] I love [Em] him so.
_ [F] _ And Zadie used to teach me [E]
wrong [Bm] from right.
[E] _ _ [A] His eyes lit up [C] when he would teach [Dm] me Torah. _
_ _ [Am] And he taught me every [C] line [F] so carefully.
[E] _ _ _ [Dm] And he spoke about our slavery _ [Am] in Egypt.
[C] _ _ [F] And how God took us out to make [E] us [Bm] free. _ _ _
_ [Dm] But winter [Am] went by, [Dm] summer came [Am] along.
[Dm] I went to [G] camp to [C] run and play.
_ [Am] _
_ And [Dm] when I came back home they [Am] said, _ [C] Zadie's gone.
[F] And all his books were packed and [B] stored away.
[E] _ _ And [A] I don't know [C] how or why it [Dm] came to be. _ _
[Am] It happened slowly over [F] many years.
[E] _ _ [Dm] We just stopped being Jewish _ like [Am] my Zadie [C] was.
_ [F] And no one cared enough to [E] shed [Bm] a tear.
[E] _ _ _ [Dm] But Zadie made us [Am] laugh, _ _ [Dm] Zadie made us sing.
[Dm] And Zadie made a Seder, [Em] _ Chesak night.
_ _ [E] [Dm] And Zadie, oh my Zadie, how [Am] I love [C] him so.
_ [F] And Zadie used to teach me [E] wrong from right. _ _
[Am] And many winters [C] went by [Dm] and many summers came along.
_ [Am] And now [C] my children sit [F] in front of [E] me.
_ _ [Dm] And who will be the Zadie of [Am] my children?
[C] _ _
_ [F] Who will be their Zadie if [Bm] not me?
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] Who [Dm] will be the Zadie's of our [Am]
children?
_ _ [E] _ [F] Who will be their [A] Zadie's if [E] not me? _
_ And [Dm] Zadie made us [Am] laugh, _
_ [Dm] Zadie made us [Am] sing.
_ [Dm] And Zadie made [G] a Kiddush, Rite [C] night. _ _
[Am] _ And [Dm] Zadie, oh my Zadie, how [Am] I love [C] him so.
_ [F] And Zadie used [E] to teach me _ wrong [A] from right.
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _