The Place Where I Belong Chords by Abie Rotenberg

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_ _ _ _ [Fm] I was made [Bbm] way back [Cm] in _ _ _ [Db] 1842 [Eb] _ _ By [Db] _ _ _ [Fm]
a [Bbm] humble man, [Eb] a real God [Ab]-fearing Jew
_ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] [C] Who _ _
[Fm] [C] did his [Fm] work with honesty, _ [Bbm] _
healing and [Fm] with pride
_ [Db] He was known in [C] Kiev as _ _ [Fm] Yankolathe Scribe
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[Fm] With [Bbm] loving [C] care, his hand [Fm] so [Db] sure and [Eb] still _ [Db] He _ [Fm] _
[Bbm] formed me with [Eb] some parchment, _ [Ab] ink and _ quill
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ Each [Fm] day [C] he'd slowly [Fm] add to me [Bbm] just a few more [Fm] lines _
[Db] With words to [C] last till the [Fm] end of time
_ _ _ And on the day [Bbm] that I [Fm] was finally _ _ [Bbm] complete _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] _ The [Fm] whole [Bbm] town [Fm] came and [Ebm] filled the [Bbm] narrow [Fm] street
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Bbm] And they sang and danced and held me high [Fm]
and [Eb] carried [Db] me away
To the little wooden [C] shul where [Fm] I would stay
_ _ _ _ And as the [Bbm] rabbi held [Fm] me [Bbm] close against [Fm] his [Bbm] chest
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spoke [Bbm] out loud [Fm] and clear to [Bbm] all the _ [Db] rest
_ _ [Eb] [Bbm] He said, no matter if you're very young [Fm] or [Cm] even if [Db] you're old
Live by the words [Fm] you'll find [C] inside [Fm] this scroll
_ [Cm] _ Three _ [Fm] _
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[Bbm] days a week [Cm] they read [Fm] from [Db] me out _ [Ab] loud
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It [Bbm] filled my [Eb] soul with joy, it [Ab] made me _ proud
[Bb] _ _ _ [Fm] They [C] followed each [Fm] and every verse [Bbm] with fire in [Fm] their eyes
[Db] The words that told [C] them how to live [Db] their lives
_ [Fm] _ [C] _ I [Fm]
watched [Bbm] the _ [Fm] generations _ [Db] come and go
[Eb] _ _ [Db] I _ [Fm]
saw [Bbm] the old [Eb] men die, the [Ab] children grow
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] But [Fm]
[C] never in [Fm] a century _ [Bbm] did I miss my [Fm] turn once
_ [Db] Or the fathers, they [C] had left me [Fm] with their sons
_ _ _ But the hatred from the West [Bbm] came to Kiev _
_ _ _ And [Fm] they rounded [Bbm] up [Fm] the Jews who [Bbm] had not [Db]
fled
_ [Gm] But _ _ Moshe [Bbm] _ _ Leveshametz, [Fm] he was brave [Cm]
and [Db] he was bold
He hid me [C] in his cellar, [Fm] dark and cold
_ _ _ And for [Bbm] years and [Fm] years I waited all _ [Bbm] alone
_ _ For [Fm] the people of my town to [Bbm] take me [Fm] home _
_ _ [Eb] [Bbm] And they'd sing and dance and hold me high [Fm] when they [Ab] carried [Db] me away
To my little [C] wooden shul where [Fm] I would stay
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_ _ [Fm] it was [G] someone else who [Cm] found [Fm] my hiding [Db] _ [Eb] place _
And [Db] _ [Fm] to America [Bbm] [Eb] he sent me [Ab] in a crate
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[C] And _ [Fm] the [C] men who took [Fm] me off the boat, [Bbm] they said I [Fm] was a prize
_ [Db] But they were Jews [C] I did [Fm] not recognize _ _ _
_ [C] _ [Fm] And in a [Bbm] case of glass [C] they put me [Fm] [Db] on display
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Where [Db] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] visitors [Eb] would look at me and [Ab] say
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[Fm] How _ very nice, how beautiful, [Bbm] a stunning work [Fm] of art
_ [Db] But they knew not [C] what was inside [Fm] my [Ab] _ _ [Fm] heart
_ And across [Bbm] the [Fm] room I saw [G] upon the [Fm] shelf _ _ _
_ Some old [Bbm] friends of [Fm] mine who live back [Bbm] in Kiev
[Fm] _ _ [Cm] A _ [Bbm] _ _ silver pair of _ candlesticks, [Fm] a _ [Cm] menorah [Db] made of brass
_ We'd all become [C] mere echoes [Fm] of the past _ _ _
So if you hear my [Bbm] voice, why don't you come [Fm] _ along _ _ _ _
_ And [Bbm] take me [Fm] to the [Bbm] place where I belong
[Fm] _ _ _ [Gm] And _ _ [Bbm] maybe even sing and dance [Fm] when you [Cm] carry [Db] me away
To some little [C] wooden shul where I [Fm] could stay
_ _ And as the [Bbm] rabbi [Fm] holds me close [Bbm]
against [Fm] his chest _ _ _ _
He'll speak [Bbm] out [Fm] loud and clear [Bbm] to all the [Db] rest
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He'll say [Bbm] no matter if you're very young [Fm] or [Cm] even [Db] if you're old
Live by the [C] words you'll find [Db] inside this scroll
_ _ Live _ by the words [C] you'll find _ inside _ [F] my _ [Cm]
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