Shema Yisrael Chords

[Verse 1]
Em
He raised his hand to wave goodbye
Em
Saw the pain in mother’s eyes
     C                               Em
Who left her little precious boy of four
      Em
In a citadel of ashen stone
       Em
That preached a faith unlike his own
    C                                 G
Perhaps he just may yet survive this war
         D                     Em
In the shadows stood a man in black
     D                                Em
My child, he said, you must not look back
 D                          Am
Yet one image lingered the tears on her face
    Em                                 B
And mother’s words from their last embrace
 
[Chorus]
   Em             C
Shema, Shema Yisrael
                G                D
Know that there is but One G-d above
     Am
When you feel pain, when you rejoice
 Em                   C
Know how He longs to hear your voice
    D        Bm            Em
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad
 
[Verse 2]
Em
Deep within the iron gate
Em
Far from the stench of war and hate
    C                         Em
He knew not of a world gone insane
     Em
You must believe us, he was told
     Em
Our faith alone can save your soul
        C                                     G
Please let us heal your wounds and ease your pain
     D                                Em
He tried not to forget his past, his home
        D                          Em
But he was so very young and all alone
       D                           Am
While visions of his Shtetl, once vivid and clear
   Em                            B
Began to fade, and all but disappear
 
[Chorus]
   Em             C
Shema, Shema Yisrael
                G                D
Know that there is but One G-d above
     Am
When you feel pain, when you rejoice
 Em                   C
Know how He longs to hear your voice
    D        Bm            Em
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad
 
[Verse 3]
     Em
The winds of war had finally passed
     Em
One man took on a sacred task
     C                                  Em
To bring the scattered Jewish children home
    Em
He traveled far from place to place
    Em
A quest to reignite the faith
     C                          G
Of those sent into hiding long ago
    D                             Em
He entered the fortress gray and cold
      D                            Em
Your kind is not among us, he was told
    D                         Am
Hashem above, he whispered, please don’t let me fail
   Em                           B
As he began to sing ‘Shema Yisrael’
 
[Chorus]
   Em             C
Shema, Shema Yisrael
                G                D
Know that there is but One G-d above
     Am
When you feel pain, when you rejoice
 Em                   C
Know how He longs to hear your voice
    D        Bm            Em
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad
 
   Em             C
Shema, Shema Yisrael
                G                D
Know that there is but One G-d above
     Am
When you feel pain, when you rejoice
 Em                   C
Know how He longs to hear your voice
    D        Bm            Em
Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad
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