Lecha Dodi Chords & Tabs

by Baruch Levine

[Verse]
      Em           C     
It’s leil Shabbos koidesh
    D          G
He wanders on in
  Am           B  
Stands in the back
          B       Em
As the tefilos begin
    Em        C   
The mystical words
    D       G
Of lecha dodi
         Am         D  
There’s something about
       Bm      Em
That sweet melody
  Em         C    
Invited for dinner
   D          G  
Zemiros they sing
   Am          B 
Infusing his soul
          B              Em 
With the joy that they bring
  Em         C  
Closing his eyes
      D               G 
His heart starts to soar
    Am          D  
Perhaps we can sing
       Bm             Em 
That sweet song once more

[Chorus]
   Am             Em    
Lecha dodi likras kallah
   D             G   E 
Pinei Shabbos nikabelah
   Am              Em   
Lecha dodi likras kallah
        D        Bm  Em
Pinei Shabbos nikabelah
     Em             C     
They asked him who are you
      D             G  
And where were you born
   Am          B  
Ramallah’s my home
       B           Em 
But inside I feel torn
       Em             C  
I was taught to hate Jews
    D           G  
To hurt and to maim
       Am        D     
But I felt a connection
    Bm          Em 
I could not explain
     Em         C  
With anger and fury
        D         G  
Thrown out of my home
    Am           B   
Confused and forsaken
   B          Em  
I left there alone
       Em               C        
But I feel something strange here
     D               G  
His voice fills the room
    Am       D   
And over and over
      Bm           Em 
He’s singing this tune

[Chorus]
   Am             Em    
Lecha dodi likras kallah
   D             G   E 
Pinei Shabbos nikabelah
   Am              Em   
Lecha dodi likras kallah
        D        Bm  Em
Pinei Shabbos nikabelah
   Em           C    
Returned to my mother
    D          G  
To say my goodbyes
     Am           B  
She told me the truth
      B            Em 
With tears in her eyes
       Em       C   
I was taken by force
       D           G 
We’re Jewish, now run
          Am          D     
Here’s a picture to treasure
       Bm            Em 
It’s where you come from
      Em            C   
They gathered and stared
         D       G  
At the photo he held
   Am             B          
An image of his grandfather’s
  B         Em 
Grave it beheld
       Em     C    
Rav Shlomo Alkabetz
     D         G  
His kever in Tzfas
      Am         D  
Who wrote lecha dodi
    Bm           Em 
We sing leil Shabbos

[Chorus]
   Am             Em    
Lecha dodi likras kallah
   D             G   E 
Pinei Shabbos nikabelah
   Am              Em   
Lecha dodi likras kallah
        D        Bm  Em
Pinei Shabbos nikabelah