Vezakeini Chords & Tabs

by Baruch Levine

[Intro]
Em D Bm C Am D B
Em D Bm C Am D Bm C D Em

[Verse 1]
       G       D     C   
As I stand in candlelight
         Em     D       C 
With my hands upon my eyes
           Am     E       Am   
There’s a passion in my prayers
C                D  
That rends the skies
                           G    D
For a mother’s tears can shatter
                 Em         C
Every gate that bars the way
         Am          Bm  
All the heavens will echo
       C                  B 
Those words that mothers say

[Chorus]
     Em         D  
Vezakeini vezakeini
          Bm             C  
Take my children by the hand
           Am              D 
Help them walk along Your way
          B             
May they never go astray
           Em            D     
May they know You as I know You
       Bm              C 
Oh Hashem, accept my plea
          Am                  D    
Give me children who’ll give nachas
Bm      CD
Vezakeini
     Em         D  
Vezakeini vezakeini
          Bm             C  
Take my children by the hand
           Am              D 
Help them walk along Your way
          B             
May they never go astray
           Em            D     
May they know You as I know You
       Bm              C 
Oh Hashem, accept my plea
          Am                  D    
Give me children who’ll give nachas
Bm      CD
Vezakeini

[Interlude]
Em D Bm C Am D B
Em D Bm C Am D Bm C D Em

[Verse]
       G       D     C   
As I stand in candlelight
         Em      D         C   
While my home is dark and still
          Am      E       Am  
There’s a void inside my heart
C          D  
I long to fill
                G    D
Will I ever be mother
                   Em         C
Will that blessing come my way
        Am           Bm    
Will I stand by the candles
       C             B 
With gratitude and pray

[Chorus]
     Em         D  
Vezakeini vezakeini
          Bm             C  
Take my children by the hand
           Am              D 
Help them walk along Your way
          B             
May they never go astray
           Em            D     
May they know You as I know You
       Bm              C 
Oh Hashem, accept my plea
          Am                  D    
Give me children who’ll give nachas
Bm      CD
Vezakeini
     Em         D  
Vezakeini vezakeini
       Bm            C  
Yeder einer vil dos zehn
       Am            D  
Beten mir bei dir atzind
        B                      
Nachas fun a yiddish/yedeh kind
       Em       D   
Zarah chaya vikayama
      Bm              C 
Un milazt a trer dehrtzu
          Am             D   
Yeder mishpacha mit di brocha
Bm      CD
Vezakeini

[Interlude]
Em D Bm C Am D B
Em D Bm C Am D Bm C D Em

[Chorus]
     Em         D  
Vezakeini vezakeini
           Bm             C  
Take our children by the hand
           Am              D 
Help them walk along Your way
          B             
May they never go astray
           Em            D     
May they know You as I know You
       Bm              C 
Oh Hashem, accept my plea
          Am                  D    
Give us children who’ll give nachas
Bm      CD
Vezakeini
Bm      CD
Vezakeini
Bm      CD
Vezakeini
Bm      CD
Vezakeini

[Outro]
Em D Bm C Am D B