Chords for The Place Where I Belong

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_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] I was [F] made way back in [Cm] _ _ _ [Db]
1842 [F] _ _ By [Db] _ _ _
[Fm] a [Bbm] humble man, [Eb] a real God [Ab]-fearing Jew
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[Fm] Who [C] did his [Fm] work with honesty, _
[Bbm] _ Healing and [Fm] with pride
[Db] He was known in [C] Kiev as _ Yankola [Fm] the _ _ [C] scribe _ _ _ With [Bbm] loving [C] care his hands so [Db] sure and [Eb] still
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[F] He formed me with [Eb] some parchment, ink [Ab] and _ quill [Bb] _ _ [C] _
Each [Fm] day [C] he'd slowly [Fm] add to me
[Bbm] Just a few more lines, _ with [Db] words to last [C] Till the end of [Fm] time _ _ _
And on the day that [Bbm] I was finally _ complete [Bbm] _ _ _ [Fm] _
The whole [Bbm] town [Fm] came and [F] filled the narrow [Fm] street
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[Bbm] And they sang and danced and held me high [Fm] And [Eb] carried [Db] me away
To the little wooden shul [C] where [Fm] I would stay _ _ And as the [Bbm] rabbi held [Ab] me close against [Fm] his chest _ _ _ _
[Fm] He spoke [Bbm] out loud [Fm] and clear to [Bbm] all the _ [Db] rest _ He [Bbm]
said, no matter if you're very young
[Fm] Or [Cm] even if [Db] you're old Live by the words [C] you'll find inside [Fm] this scroll
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[Fm] Three [Bbm] days a week [C] they read [Fm] from [Db] me out _ [Ab] loud It _ _
[Fm] _ [Bbm] filled my [Eb] soul with joy, it [Ab] made me _ proud
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[Fm] They followed [C] each and every verse [Bbm] with fire in [Fm] their eyes
[Db] The words that told [C] them how to live [Db] their _ lives [C] _ _ I [Fm] watched [Bbm] the _ [C] generations _ [Db] come and go
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[Fm] I saw the old [Eb] men die, the children grow _ [Bb] _ _ But [Fm] never [C] in a century _ [Bbm] did I miss my [Fm] turn once
For [Db] the fathers, they had [C] left me with [Fm] their sons
_ _ _ But the hatred from the West came to Kiev _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ And they rounded up the Jews who [Bbm] had not [Ab] fled
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ But Moshe Lele [Bb] _ [Bbm] Shammes, [Fm] he was brave [Eb] and [Db] he was bold He hid me [C] in his cellar, [Fm] dark and cold
_ _ _ And [C] for years [Bbm] and years [Fm] I waited all _ alone _ _ _ For the people of my town to [Db] take me home _
_ _ _ [Bbm] And they'd sing and dance and hold me high [Ab] When they carried [Db] me away
To my little [C] wooden shul where [Fm] I would stay _
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[Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] But it was [G] someone else who [C] found my [G] hiding [Db] _ place
[Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] And to America [Eb] he sent me in a crate [Bb] _ [C] And _ [Fm] the men [C] who took [Fm] me off the boat
[Bbm] They said I [Fm] was a prize _ [Db] But they were Jews [G] I did not [Fm] recognize _ _
[C] _ And [Fm] in a [Bbm] case of glass [C] they put me [Db] on display [Ab] _
Where _ _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] visitors [Cm] would look at me [F] and [Ab] say _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] How very nice, how beautiful [Bbm] A stunning work [Fm] of art
_ [Db] But they knew not [C] what was inside [Fm] my [G] _ _
[Fm] heart _ _ And across [Bbm] the room [Fm] I saw [G] upon the [Fm] shelf _ _
_ _ Some old friends [Bbm] of mine who [Fm] lived back [Bbm] in Kiev _ _ _
_ _ [G] A [Bbm] silver pair of _ candlesticks, a [Fm] _ menorah [Db] made of brass
We'd all become [C] mere echoes _ of the past _ _ _ So if you hear my [F] voice why don't you come [Fm] along _ _ _ _
_ And [Bbm] take me [Fm] to the [Bbm] place where I belong [Fm] _ _ _
[Gm] And _ _ [Bbm] maybe even sing and dance [Fm] when you [Cm] carry
me [Db] away _ To some little [C] wooden shul where I [Fm] could stay _ _ _ _
And as the [Bbm] rabbi holds [Fm] me close [Bbm] against [Fm] his chest [Fm] _ _ _ _
He'll speak [Bbm] out loud and clear [Fm] to all the rest
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[G] He'll say [Bbm] no matter if you're very young [Fm] or [Cm] even if you're [Db] old
Live by the words you'll [C] find inside [Ab] this scroll _ _ [Db] Live _ by the words [C] you'll find _ inside _ my [Cm] soul _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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