{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2382301,"song":"My Zaide","artist":"Moshe Yess","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11492318-my-zaide-chords-by-moshe-yess/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2382301?type=chord","rating":4.72182,"votes":4,"content":"[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy Zeide lived with us in my parents’ home,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe used to laugh, he put me on his knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand he spoke about his life in Poland,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nhe spoke, but with a bitter memory[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe spoke about the soldiers who would beat him[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthey laughed at him, they tore his long black coat[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand he spoke about the synagogue that they burnt down[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand the crying that was heard beneath the smoke[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut Zeide made us laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand Zeide made us sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand Zeide made a kiddush friday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nand Zeide oh my Zeide, how I loved him so,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand Zeide used to teach me wrong from right[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHis eyes lit up, when he would teach me Torah[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe taught me every line so carefully.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe spoke about our slavery in Egypt,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd how G-d took us out to make us free.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut winter went by,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSummer came along,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went to camp to run and play.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nAnd when I got back home, They said, “Zeide’s gone,”[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd all his books were packed And stored away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI don’t know how or why it all came to be,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt happened slowly over so many years,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe just stopped being Jewish like my Zeide was,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd no one cared enough to shed a tear.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut Zeide made us laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand Zeide made us sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand Zeide made a kiddush friday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nand Zeide oh my Zeide, how I loved him so,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand Zeide used to teach me wrong from right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut many winters went by, and many summers came along,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd now my children sit in front of me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd who will be the Zeide of my children,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho will be their Zeide, if not me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho will be the Zaides of our children,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho will be their Zaides, if not we?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","C","Dm","F","E","G","Am/G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,0,2,2,1,0],"frets":[3,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}