[Verse]:
G C
I met a man last sunday,
G Em
who was on his way back home
G C
From a wedding in Chicago,
D F#m
and was traveling alone
D Em
He said he came from Vilna,
C Am
a survivor I could tell
Dm C
And I helped him with his suitcase,
A# G
he could not walk very well
G C
E steward gave us coffee
G Em
as we settled on the plane
G C
And I asked him why he bothers,
D F#m
at his age there'd be no blame
D Em
He said "no simcha is a burden,
C Am
though I miss my dear late wife"
Dm C
And then he shared with me a story
A# Dm
that has changed my view of life:
[Chorus]:
F Dsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
F G
as if the world had done no wrong
F Dsus2
From evening until morning,
F Em
filling up the shul with song
F Dsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
F G
to clutch close to our hearts
F Dsus2
In their place we held the future
F Am
of a past so torn apart
[Verse]:
G C
I remember liberation,
G Em
joy and fear both intertwined
G C
Where to go and what to do,
D F#m
and how to leave the pain behind?
D Em
My heart said 'go to vilna',
C Am
dare I pray yet once again
Dm C
For the chance to find a loved one,
A# G
or perhaps a childhood friend?
G C
It took many months to get there,
G Em
from the late spring to the fall
G C
And as I, many others,
D F#m
close to four hundred in all
D Em
And slowly there was healing,
C Am
darkened souls now mixed with light
Dm C
When someone proudly cried out,
A# Dm
'simchas Torah is tonight!'
[Chorus]:
F Dsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
F G
as if the world had done no wrong
F Dm
From evening until morning,
F Em
filling up the shul with song
F Dsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
F G
to clutch close to our hearts
F Dm
In their place we held the future
F Am
of a past so torn apart
[Verse]:
G C
We ran as one towards the shul,
G Em
our spirits in a trance
G C
And we tore apart the barricade,
D F#m
in defiance we would dance
D Em
But the scene before our eyes
C Am
shook us to the core
Dm C
Scraps of siddur, bullet holes,
A# G
bloodstains on the floor
G C
Turning to the eastern wall,
G Em
we looked on in despair
G C
There'd be no scrolls to dance with,
D F#m
the holy ark was bare
D Em
Then we heard two children crying,
C Am
a boy and girl whom no one knew
Dm C
And we realized that no children
A# Dm
were among us but those two
[Chorus]:
F Dsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
F G
as if the world had done no wrong
F Dm
From evening until morning,
F Em
filling up the shul with song
F Dsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
F G
to gather in our arms
F Dm
In their place we held those children,
F Am
the Jewish people would live on
F Dsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
F G
as if the world had done no wrong
F Dm
From evening until morning,
F Em
filling up the shul with song
F Dsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
F G
to clutch and hold up high
F Dm
In their place we held those children,
F Am
am yisrael chai"
F Dsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
F G
as if the world had done no wrong
F Dm
From evening until morning,
F Em
filling up the shul with song
F Dsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
F G
to gather in our arms
F Dm
In their place we held those children,
F Am
the Jewish people would live on
C A#
Em yisrael chai
F Am
The Jewish people would live on
Em C A#
The Jewish people WILL live on
- 1. Chord Gitar Abie Rotenberg - The Man From Vilna Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Abie Rotenberg - The Man From Vilna Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan