Chords for My Little Town

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_ _ _ There _ _ were 600 _ people [A] in my little [Gm] town [Eb] When they came on that cold [D] winter _ day _
I [Gm] remember the crying, _
[G] the running, [Gm] the smoke [Eb] And the back scars [D] that took us [Gm] _ away
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[Gm] We held on to each other and spoke words of hope [Eb] _
Hiding the terror _ [D] _ inside
_ _ [Gm] There were 600 _ [Cm]
people in my little [Gm] town [Eb] But I, [D] only I, [Gm] would _ survive
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_ I can [Bb] still smell [Eb] the fresh [Bb] morning breath [Gm] That I'd [Eb] buy for Mama [Bb] each _ day
_ _ [F] _ _ Henyik the [Gm]
baker [Eb] would first pinch [Bb] my cheek [F] Then hand me [Bb] a kichel [F] and say
_ _ _ [Bb] Macha brocheh main kin, [Eb] we owe [Bb] it to him [Gm] He [Eb] made our world so [Bb] very sweet
_ _ And [F] wherever [Gm] life leads you, [Eb] never _
[Bb] _ forget [F] Sehz'gud, zuz'awavayin [Bb] _ ayit
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[Cm] Motek and I were [D] two of a kind Like brothers, the very best of friends _
Playing all [Cm] day in the streets of [D] the shtetl [Eb] Growing from [D] boys into men
_ We would carry water [Eb] to all of [D] the shops [Cm] For only five [D] groschen a pail
_ But [Gm] first we'd learn [Dbm] toyre in [D] our little shul An hour or two [Gm] without fail
[Cm] I'll never forget when [Gm] the shidach was [Eb] read Papa came [Bb] home with the news
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Motek tell my [G] sister all ye zeh [A] In no time the match [D] was approved
_ [Cm] Blessed by the [Gm] heilige Rebbe himself [Eb] A date for the [Bb] wedding was set
_ [Eb] And whoever met [G] for the next [Cm] week or two [D] Said to me, soon [Gm] you'll be _ [Cm] next
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_ [D] The tables were [Cm] set, Henyik [D] baked the sweets [Cm] _ Schneiderman [D] finished the gown
_ Laughter [Gm] and joy [Cm] could be felt [D] in the air With music all [Gm] through the _ [Cm] town
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_ [Cm] What a radiant bride [Gm] my dear Oyezeh was [Eb] The groom looking handsome [Bb] and strong
_ [Eb] And after his shul [G] came down [Cm] on the glass [D] The townsfolk burst out [Gm] into song
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And their [Bb] face to face, their eyes to face, Their lips to lips, their lips to lips
[Eb] In _ [Bb] joyous embrace [Gm] _ in [Eb] the center of the [Bb] _ crowd _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] Motek and I [Eb] danced into [Bb] the night
_ [F] Round and round, round and [Gm] round, round and round, round and [A] round
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_ _ _ were six [G] hundred people in my [Gm] little town But _ [Eb] _ I, _ _
_ [Gm] _ only _ [D] I, _ _ would [Gm] survive
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