Chords for The Maccabeats - Candlelight - Hanukkah

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_ _ _ I'll tell a tale, tale, tale, [C#] tale, yeah
Of Maccabees in Israel, El, El, El, El, yeah
When the Greeks tried to do us El, El, El, [F#] El, yeah
But it was all to no [Fm] avail, fail, fail, [F#] fail, yeah, yeah
[C#] The war went [Fm] on and on and _ [A#] on
Until [C#] the mighty Greeks were [F#] _ gone, yeah
[Fm] I put my lockers in [C#] the [F#] air sometimes
Saying, [G#] hey-oh, spin [F#] the dreidel
_ [G#] Just wanna [C#] celebrate for [F#] all eight nights
[D#m] Singing, [C#] hey-oh, light [F#] the candle
You say, I'll have [C#] you here, oh yeah, for [F#] all eight nights
And we play [C#] dreidel by the [F#] candlelight
And I [C#] told you once, now I [F#] told you twice
About the [C#] miracle of the [F#] candlelight
They took the [C#] field, field, field, field
[F#] Their rivals thought, are they for [C#] real, real, real, [F#] real
Those Maccabees, [C#] they'd never [Fm] yield, yield, [A#m] yield, yield
They charged ahead with sword [Fm] and shield, shield, shield, [C#] shield
Yeah, yeah, the war went [Fm] on and on [F#] and on
_ Until the [F] mighty Greeks were [A#m] _ gone, yeah
I [Fm] put my lockers in [C#] the air [F#] sometimes
Saying, [G#] hey-oh, spin [C#] the [F#] dreidel
_ [Fm] Just wanna [A#m] celebrate for [F#] all eight nights
Singing, [G#] hey-oh, light [F#] the candle
You [A#m] say, [C#] I'll have you here, oh yeah, for [F#] all eight nights
And we play [C#] dreidel by the [F#] candlelight
And I told [C#] you once, now I told [F#] you twice
About [C#] the miracle of the [F#] candlelight
[Fm] And the [A#m] great _ _ _ [F#] menorah
For eight [G#] days it kept on [Fm] burning
What a [A#m] _ _ _ [F#] celebration
A great [G#] return to Torah [Fm] learning
Cause I, [A#m] I, I can feel [F#] it
And I, [G#] I, I [Fm] neisado _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] Neisado
Niskadol ha-yasham
[G#] _ Niskadol ha-yasham
_ Niskadol ha-yasham
Sham, sham, sham
[C#] Do, do, do, do
Do, [F#] do, do, do
Do, [G#] do, do, do
[C#] Do, do, [F#] do, do
I [Fm] put my [C#] lockers in the air [F#] sometimes
Saying, [G#] hey-oh, spin [F#] the dreidel
Just [G#] wanna [A#m] celebrate for all [F#] eight nights
Singing, [C#] hey-oh, light the [F#] candle
We say, ma [G#] [C#]'otzu, oh yeah, for all [F#] eight nights
And we play [C#] dreidel by the [F#] candlelight
And I told [G#] you [C#] once, now I told [F#] you twice
About the [C#] miracle of the [D#m] candlelight
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_ _ if it's speculative versus [G#] just scientific
Oh, it's mathematical
I would say so
_ Well, [D] that's only when I Oh _ _ _ _