[Verse]:
F# B
I met a man last sunday,
F# D#m
who was on his way back home
F# B
From a wedding in Chicago,
C# Fm
and was traveling alone
C# D#m
He said he came from Vilna,
B G#m
a survivor I could tell
C#m B
And I helped him with his suitcase,
A F#
he could not walk very well
F# B
D# steward gave us coffee
F# D#m
as we settled on the plane
F# B
And I asked him why he bothers,
C# Fm
at his age there'd be no blame
C# D#m
He said "no simcha is a burden,
B G#m
though I miss my dear late wife"
C#m B
And then he shared with me a story
A C#m
that has changed my view of life:
[Chorus]:
Fb C#sus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Fb F#
as if the world had done no wrong
Fb C#sus2
From evening until morning,
Fb D#m
filling up the shul with song
Fb C#sus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Fb F#
to clutch close to our hearts
Fb C#sus2
In their place we held the future
Fb G#m
of a past so torn apart
[Verse]:
F# B
I remember liberation,
F# D#m
joy and fear both intertwined
F# B
Where to go and what to do,
C# Fm
and how to leave the pain behind?
C# D#m
My heart said 'go to vilna',
B G#m
dare I pray yet once again
C#m B
For the chance to find a loved one,
A F#
or perhaps a childhood friend?
F# B
It took many months to get there,
F# D#m
from the late spring to the fall
F# B
And as I, many others,
C# Fm
close to four hundred in all
C# D#m
And slowly there was healing,
B G#m
darkened souls now mixed with light
C#m B
When someone proudly cried out,
A C#m
'simchas Torah is tonight!'
[Chorus]:
Fb C#sus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Fb F#
as if the world had done no wrong
Fb C#m
From evening until morning,
Fb D#m
filling up the shul with song
Fb C#sus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Fb F#
to clutch close to our hearts
Fb C#m
In their place we held the future
Fb G#m
of a past so torn apart
[Verse]:
F# B
We ran as one towards the shul,
F# D#m
our spirits in a trance
F# B
And we tore apart the barricade,
C# Fm
in defiance we would dance
C# D#m
But the scene before our eyes
B G#m
shook us to the core
C#m B
Scraps of siddur, bullet holes,
A F#
bloodstains on the floor
F# B
Turning to the eastern wall,
F# D#m
we looked on in despair
F# B
There'd be no scrolls to dance with,
C# Fm
the holy ark was bare
C# D#m
Then we heard two children crying,
B G#m
a boy and girl whom no one knew
C#m B
And we realized that no children
A C#m
were among us but those two
[Chorus]:
Fb C#sus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Fb F#
as if the world had done no wrong
Fb C#m
From evening until morning,
Fb D#m
filling up the shul with song
Fb C#sus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Fb F#
to gather in our arms
Fb C#m
In their place we held those children,
Fb G#m
the Jewish people would live on
Fb C#sus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Fb F#
as if the world had done no wrong
Fb C#m
From evening until morning,
Fb D#m
filling up the shul with song
Fb C#sus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Fb F#
to clutch and hold up high
Fb C#m
In their place we held those children,
Fb G#m
am yisrael chai"
Fb C#sus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Fb F#
as if the world had done no wrong
Fb C#m
From evening until morning,
Fb D#m
filling up the shul with song
Fb C#sus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Fb F#
to gather in our arms
Fb C#m
In their place we held those children,
Fb G#m
the Jewish people would live on
B A
D#m yisrael chai
Fb G#m
The Jewish people would live on
D#m B 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