Chords for Six13 - The Thanksgivukkah Anthem
Tempo:
89.55 bpm
Chords used:
Am
F
E
Em
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Am]
This is a song about the greatest and [F] best thing that ever happened.
[Am]
This is the story of something so [F] tremendously tremendous [Am] that it won't happen again for
another 79 [F],000 years.
Now [Am] listen.
Some 2,000 years [Em] ago, brave men called Maccabees, [Am] they fought against the odds [C] so Jewish people
could be free.
[Am] We celebrate their miraculous [Em] defeat of the Roman cavalry [F] and we call this Hanukkah, [Am] you see.
Now 1,700 years later, [Em] the pilgrims made their way [Am] through the New World to give thanks with
[C] India, then East Turkey.
[Am] And in 1863, [Em] Abel Aiken declared it a holiday [F] and thus Thanksgiving [Am] came to be.
[E] And these festivals of gratitude for years were isolated, [F] except of course that one year
back in 1888.
[C] But that's about to change and the world's all above.
[E] But the most amazing coincidence that ever won [Am] Thanksgiving.
[F]
Thanksgiving.
[Am] One thousand two week first.
[Bm] Is it the latkes or the peasants?
[Am] We ask when you are thankful for [Dm] a little gift or a say in present.
[Am] Thanksgiving.
[B] [E] [Am]
[B] [F#]
[E]
[F#]
[F] [E] [Am]
[F]
[F#]
[E] [A]
[E]
This is a song about the greatest and [F] best thing that ever happened.
[Am]
This is the story of something so [F] tremendously tremendous [Am] that it won't happen again for
another 79 [F],000 years.
Now [Am] listen.
Some 2,000 years [Em] ago, brave men called Maccabees, [Am] they fought against the odds [C] so Jewish people
could be free.
[Am] We celebrate their miraculous [Em] defeat of the Roman cavalry [F] and we call this Hanukkah, [Am] you see.
Now 1,700 years later, [Em] the pilgrims made their way [Am] through the New World to give thanks with
[C] India, then East Turkey.
[Am] And in 1863, [Em] Abel Aiken declared it a holiday [F] and thus Thanksgiving [Am] came to be.
[E] And these festivals of gratitude for years were isolated, [F] except of course that one year
back in 1888.
[C] But that's about to change and the world's all above.
[E] But the most amazing coincidence that ever won [Am] Thanksgiving.
[F]
Thanksgiving.
[Am] One thousand two week first.
[Bm] Is it the latkes or the peasants?
[Am] We ask when you are thankful for [Dm] a little gift or a say in present.
[Am] Thanksgiving.
[B] [E] [Am]
[B] [F#]
[E]
[F#]
[F] [E] [Am]
[F]
[F#]
[E] [A]
[E]
Key:
Am
F
E
Em
C
Am
F
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am]
This is a song about the greatest and [F] best thing that ever happened.
[Am] _
This is the story of something so [F] tremendously tremendous [Am] that it won't happen again for
another 79 [F],000 years.
Now [Am] listen.
Some 2,000 years [Em] ago, brave men called Maccabees, [Am] they fought against the odds [C] so Jewish people
could be free.
[Am] We celebrate their miraculous [Em] defeat of the Roman cavalry [F] and we call this Hanukkah, [Am] you see.
_ Now 1,700 years later, [Em] the pilgrims made their way [Am] through the New World to give thanks with
[C] India, then East Turkey.
[Am] And in 1863, [Em] Abel Aiken declared it a holiday [F] and thus Thanksgiving [Am] came to be.
[E] And these festivals of gratitude for years were isolated, [F] except of course that one year
back in 1888.
[C] But that's about to change and the world's all above.
[E] But the most amazing coincidence that ever _ won [Am] Thanksgiving. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Thanksgiving.
_ [Am] One thousand two week first.
[Bm] Is it the latkes or the peasants?
[Am] We ask when you are thankful for [Dm] a little gift or a say in present.
[Am] Thanksgiving. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a song about the greatest and [F] best thing that ever happened.
[Am] _
This is the story of something so [F] tremendously tremendous [Am] that it won't happen again for
another 79 [F],000 years.
Now [Am] listen.
Some 2,000 years [Em] ago, brave men called Maccabees, [Am] they fought against the odds [C] so Jewish people
could be free.
[Am] We celebrate their miraculous [Em] defeat of the Roman cavalry [F] and we call this Hanukkah, [Am] you see.
_ Now 1,700 years later, [Em] the pilgrims made their way [Am] through the New World to give thanks with
[C] India, then East Turkey.
[Am] And in 1863, [Em] Abel Aiken declared it a holiday [F] and thus Thanksgiving [Am] came to be.
[E] And these festivals of gratitude for years were isolated, [F] except of course that one year
back in 1888.
[C] But that's about to change and the world's all above.
[E] But the most amazing coincidence that ever _ won [Am] Thanksgiving. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Thanksgiving.
_ [Am] One thousand two week first.
[Bm] Is it the latkes or the peasants?
[Am] We ask when you are thankful for [Dm] a little gift or a say in present.
[Am] Thanksgiving. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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