Chords for I Could Be Jewish For You - Nikko Benson Cover

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [A] I should have known when I [B] met you by the Orthodox synagogue.
I should have known when I saw you buying extra lox [E] at the bagel shop.
I should have [C#m] known you're not to [Bm] blame.
I should have seen we're [C#] not the same.
[B] It doesn't take an Einstein. _
_ [C] You've got [A] the nose. _
You've [D] got the [B] name.
_ The name [E] is_ Steinstein. _ _ _ _
I'm not sure what you [Bm] want me to [A] do.
But _ _ [Bm] I think this is [A] worth working through.
[Bm] And I [A] know it's a little bit [D] out [B] of the blue.
But [A] I might as well [E] try.
I think I could be [A] Jewish for you. _
_ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] Like, on the holidays?
[E] _ _ [F#m] I'll stop making [D] gingerbread, start making challah.
[F#m] When Hanukkah comes, [E] heck, I'll light the medallah.
[C#] Nora, [F#m] excuse me, if you could [Bm] just choose me.
[A] I'll sing, I don't die, [D] I don't not fallah.
[C#] As far [A] as the culture, [E] I might need a [F#m] clue.
[B] But I'll give it a shot, cause I've gotta be Jewish for [F#m] you.
_ [B] _ _ I'll [F#m] go with you to temple, [D] I'll try to learn Yiddish.
I'll start eating kosher, [E] I'll even play Quidditch.
Wait, [A] that's not a Jew thing.
[D] You'll teach me some new things, [C#] I won't [Am] be the slightest [F#] bit skittish.
I'll [A] do it by road, till I [F#] feel like it's true.
Until I'm a club dog, time to [A] be Jewish [F#m] for you.
_ [D] _
_ [G] _ [Dm] I [C#m] could be Irish, [F#m] or Russian, or French.
[G] But no, Chinese is a bit of a [A] stretch.
Just wait, [C#] even your rabbi will [F#m] be a mensch.
[B] Did I mention I've been [E] practicing my kvetch?
Oh, [D] I will [Dm] adapt [C#m] where the average [F#m] girl [B] freezes.
Cause if I [A] have to have [E] the just friends talk, I'll have it [F#m] with Jesus.
_ [E] Sorry, Jesus, [A] you just did not make time.
_ [A] _ _ Whatever they are, I could [Am] learn to like latkes.
[A] And [B] if we have sons, [E] then they'll all have bar matzvahs.
[F#] Bar [F#m] mitzvahs, I'm joking.
I promise I know [F#] things, enough not to [F#m] ruin Shabbat.
Cause if [D] that's what it [E] takes, then [F#m] that's what I'll do.
[Bm] Please don't run away one [B] day, I'll [A] be Jewish for you.
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_ [B] _ _ You've never questioned one holy command.
_ [A] _ _ Tell me, _ _ _ don't you think love's more romantic on the land?
_ Just tell me [F#] you're nervous, we'll [A] start with a service.
Just tell me where you [F#] stand.
[E] Tell me I [D] need you, [Em] tell me [C#m] in Hebrew.
Teach [B] me l'chaim [F] and [F#m] horcrux and oy.
Please let [Bm] me [B] try _ _ [A] _ _
instead of hi.
I'll say shalom, _ till my hovel feels like [E] home.
I won't [F#m] say goodbye, _ _ so here's what I propose.
[D] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] I'll read through the [E] Torah [D] from cover to cover.
[B] Till even Moses could see [E] we were meant for each [E] other.
You know [F#m] I adore you, so let [D] me fight for you.
Together we'll take on [F#m] your mother.
[E] [A] If that's what it takes, then that's what I'll do.
I'll dare [D] you to dare [E] me, I swear [F#m] I'll go.
When I'm with you, [D] there's nothing [F#m] I can't [Dm] do.
[Bm] So if you're in cloud _ _ _ mind, _ being Jewish for [D] you. _ _ _ _
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