The Shadchan Chords by Abie Rotenberg

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I was driving [Cm] up the [Eb] [Ab] turnpike to New York,
_ [Bb] And my 67 Buick [Eb] had seen better days.
_ With my [Dm] hat and [Ab] jacket tossed [Eb] upon [Ab] the backseat, _
[Bb] And a safer on the [Ab] dashboard that [Eb] would look real fine. _ _ _ _ _
Cause [Ab] the Shahadkhin [Eb] said,
[Ab] This time it [Eb] would be different,
[Ab] I'd heard those words so many [Eb] times before.
_ But the [Ab]
[Eb] family's nice,
[Ab] Oh believe me, [Eb] this one's special.
[Ab] I said, alright, but [Eb] only just once more. _ _ _ _ _ _
I could hear the [Ab] awkward [Eb] words [Ab] that would soon be said,
_ [Bb] When we met one another [Eb] for the first time.
And the [Gm] feeling [Cm] would be [Eb] there that when [Ab] we walked outside,
[Bb] Of hopeful eyes a-staring [Eb] from the window.
_ _ The man [Ab] inside the toll [Eb] booth [Ab] said,
Oh it's you again.
_ _ [Bb] I felt like turning back right then [Eb] and there. _ _
And as [Cm] I crossed the [Eb] bridge, [Ab] I wondered what we'd do.
[Bb] A lounge, a walk, or maybe just [Eb] the living room. _ _ _ _
_ _ Cause the [Ab] [Eb] Shahadkhin said,
[Ab] This time it would [Eb] be different,
[Ab] I'd heard those words so many [Eb] times before. _
But the [Ab] _ [Eb] family's nice,
[Ab] Oh believe me, [Eb] this one's special.
[Ab] I said, alright, but only [Eb] just once more. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I wondered [Cm] what the problems [Ab] would be this time.
_ [Bb] Which one would [Eb] say it was not meant to be. _ _
And the [Gm] nagging [Cm] thoughts would [Eb] [Ab] start to cross my mind.
_ [Bb] Would I ever find the one [Eb] that's right for me?
And in the morning [Gm]
[Cm] I would [Eb] have to talk [Ab] to mom and dad.
[Bb] Tell them what went wrong, but that don't [Eb] get me scared.
_ It's that [Gm] Shahadkhin [Cm] calling [Eb] up and [Ab] saying one more time,
_ [Bb] _ I've got another [Eb] one, I'm sure it's bashet. _
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_ _ _ _ I'm still driving [Cm] up the [Eb] turnpike [Ab] to New York. _
[Bb] And my 67 Buick [Eb] still had better _ days.
But the drive, [Ab] it's not [Eb] as lonely [Ab] as it used to be.
[Bb] Cause I got my wife and seven kids [Eb] along with me.
And every now and then [Ab] my wife [Eb] tells [Ab] me go make a call.
_ [Bb] To some young man who wants to [Eb] settle down.
_ _ And I tell him [Cm] all [Eb] about me, dose and [Ab] _ personality. _ _
[Bb] And the ten best places [Eb] that there are in town. _ _ _ _ _
And I [Ab] say to [Eb] him, [Ab] this time it [Eb] will be different.
[Ab] He says to me, I've heard those [Eb] words before.
_ But the [Ab]
[Eb] family's nice, [Ab] oh believe me [Eb] this one's special.
[Db] He says alright, [Ab] oh he says alright.
[Eb] But [Bbm] only [Eb] just once more. _ _ _ _ _
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