Chords for The Man From Vilna

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_ _ met a man [Bb] last Sunday [Eb] who was on his way back home _ [F] from a wedding [Bb] in Chicago and [Dm] was traveling _ alone.
_ _ [Eb] He said he came from Vilna, [Bb] a survivor I could tell, _ _ [Cm] and I helped him with his suitcase.
_ [G] He could not walk very well.
_ A steward gave us [Bb] coffee as we [Eb]
settled on the plane, _ _ [F] and I asked him why [Bb] he bothers.
At [F] his age, there'd be no blame.
_ [Eb] He said no simcha is a burden, _ [C] though I miss my dear late wife. _
[Cm] And then he shared with me a story _ [G] that has changed my view [F]
of life.
_ _ _ We [Gm] danced round and round in circles as [Cm] if the world had done no wrong, _ from [Gm] evening
until morning, _ [Cm] filling up the shul [F] with song.
Though [Gm] we had no _ sifreitora _ [Cm] to clutch close to our _ hearts, _ in their [Gm] place we held the
future _ [F] of a past so [Bb] torn [Bb] apart. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I [F] remember _ [Bb] _ liberation, _ [Eb] joy and fear, _ _ _ _ [F] where to go and what [Bb] to do, and how [Dm] to leave the pain behind.
_ _ [F] My heart said, [Eb] go to Vilna, [Bb] dare I pray [F] yet once again, _ [Cm] for the chance to find a loved
one, or [F] perhaps a childhood friend.
_ _ It took many [Bb] months to get there, [Gm] from the late spring to the [C] fall, _ and [F] as I, many [Bb] others,
[Dm] close to four hundred in all.
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slowly there was healing, _ [Bb] darkened souls now mixed with light, _ [Cm] when someone proudly
cried out, _ [Eb] Simchas [Bb] toi g'yiz [F] tonight.
_ _ _ [D] We [Gm] danced round and round in circles _ [Cm] as if the world had done no wrong, from [Gm] evening
until morning, [Cm] filling up the shul [F] with song.
Though [Gm] we had no _ sifreitora [Cm] to clutch close to our _ hearts, [Gm] in their place we held the
future _ [Eb] of a past so _ torn apart.
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_ _ ran as one [Bb] towards the shul, [Eb] our spirits, _ _
_ _ _ [F] and tore apart [Bb] the _ barricade, in [F] defiance
we would dance.
_ But the scene before our eyes _ [Bb] shook us [F]
to the core, _ _ [C] _ scraps of cedar, [Eb] bullet holes, [C] and
_ bloodstains on the [F] floor. _ _
_ _ _ Turning to [Bb] the eastern wall, we looked on in despair, _ _ _ that be [F] no scrolls [Bb] to dance with.
[Dm] The holy ark was bare, _ [Eb] then we heard two children crying, [C] a boy and girl whom no one knew.
_ [Cm] And we realized that no children were [F] among us but those two. _
_ [D] We danced [Gm] round and round in circles as if [Cm] the world had done no wrong, _ from [Gm] evening
until morning, filling [Cm] up the [F] shul with song. _
Though [Gm] we had no _ sifreitora _ [Cm] to gather in our arms, _ in their [Gm] place we held those children
[F] the Jewish people would [Eb] give _ on. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ We [Gm] danced round and round in circles as if the [Cm] world had done no wrong, from evening
until morning, [Eb] filling up the shul [F] with song.
[Gm] Though we had no _ sifreitora _ [Cm] to clutch and hold up high, [Gm] in their place we held those
children, _
[F] Ham _ Yisroel [Eb] _ _
Chai. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ We [Gm] danced round and round in circles [Cm] as if the world had done no _ wrong, [Gm] from evening
until morning, [Cm] filling up the shul [F] with [D] song.
[Gm] Though we had no _ _ sifreitora [Cm] to gather in our _ arms, [Gm] in their place we held those children
the [F] Jewish people would [Eb] give on.
_ [Fm] _ Ham [Eb] Yisroel Chai.
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_ _ _ [F] The _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] Jewish _ _ people [Dm] _ will _ _ live [G] _ _ on. _ _ _ _
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