8th Day (Jewish band) - The Rabbis Son

      8th Day – The Rabbi’s Son

Chords By Chaim Kastel

[Verse 1]

Dm                              Gm
I know you think I don’t belong here
                          Dm
With my blue jeans and my long hair
                      Gm
But when I was just a little boy
                       Dm
I would play here with my trains.
                  Gm
When I was just a little boy

                     Dm
This whole synagogue knew my name.
                       Gm
When the soldiers they took me away they said
                      Dm
We need the young and strong
                  Gm             C
When the soldiers took me way
              Dm
My father was singing this song, he sang:

[Pre-Chorus]
       Gm         Dm
ואף אל פי, ואף אל פי
       Dm     Bb
,שחטא ישראל הוא
       Gm
ואף אל פי, ואף אל פי
 Dm           C
.שחטא ישראל הוא

[Chorus]
Bb                        C
So sing me the song just one more time
Am              Dm
Maybe I’ll understand,
Bb                    C
Sing me the song just one more time
A                   Dm
I want to know who I am.
Bb              C
How can I know where I’m going
Am                        Dm
If I don’t know where I’m coming from,
Bb             C
How can I know why I’m living
A                           Dm
If I don’t know what he was dying for.

[Verse 2]
Dm                                   Gm
 I know you think my life was not fair
                   Dm
 As you wipe away another tear
                         Gm
 But since I was just a little boy
                             Dm
 I searched this whole world for this place.
                    Gm
 Since I was just a little boy
                    Dm
 I never forgot his holy face
                   Gm
 When the soldiers took me away they said
               Dm
Everything was wrong
                  Gm                   C
When the soldiers took me away
                Dm
I never stopped singing this song, I sang:

[Pre-Chorus]
       Gm        Dm
ואף אל פי, ואף אל פי
       Dm     Bb
,שחטא ישראל הוא
       Gm
ואף אל פי, ואף אל פי
 Dm           C
.שחטא ישראל הוא

[Chorus]
Bb                        C
So sing me the song just one more time
Am              Dm
Maybe I’ll understand,
Bb                    C
Sing me the song just one more time
A                   Dm
I want to know who I am.
Bb              C
How can I know where I’m going
Am                        Dm
If I don’t know where I’m coming from,
Bb             C
How can I know why I’m living
A                           Dm
If I don’t know what he was dying for.