We Wake Up Early chords by Bumy Goldson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
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Verse 1:
  C majorC         FF
He wakes up to daven while it's still early
  A minorAm       DmDm     FF      C majorC
He gives one last look in the crib at his baby
  C majorC           FF
He stands there a moment, thinking in his heart
 FF        C majorC    DmDm     A minorAm
Hashem, please protect my family from harm

C majorC               FF
Out on the street he helps an old man across
  A minorAm    DmDm     FF     C majorC
And makes his way on the crosstown bus
  C majorC             FF
He waits on the platform for just one more train
  FF     C majorC      G7G7     C majorC
And whatever Hashem has in store for today

Interlude 1:
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"Breaking News"
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"A Jerusalem man was killed today near the light rail"
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"In what Israeli Police say was a terror attack"
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"And now for sports"
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"Boston beats Chicago in a trouncing 19 to 7..."

Chorus:
A minorAm         FF
We wake up early as they wake up too
   E minorEm      C majorC     D7D7    G+G
They sharpen their knives as we go to shul
  E minorEm          C majorC
As everyone prays to the G-d of Creation
  E minorEm   G+G     G7G7      C majorC
We toil in Torah and fight for our nation

A minorAm       FF
We run to daven or to the border
  E minorEm      C majorC     D7D7      G+G
To check all the lines and see all's in order
E minorEm           C majorC
We'll get rewarded for tying our shoes
  E minorEm     G+G    G7G7     C majorC
And placing our lives to save fellow Jews

Verse 2:
  C majorC             FF
His brother's in the army, protecting the nation
    A minorAm      DmDm   FF   C majorC
With a prayer and a gun and determination
  C majorC             FF
He stands by the platform and lifts up his eyes
  FF      C majorC   G7G7      C majorC
And waves to his brother on the other side

C majorC           FF
Suddenly a warning, a cry in the distance
 A minorAm    DmDm     FF     C majorC
A augmentedA hundred reactions, a silent confusion
  C majorC            FF
The soldier, he sees him and fires his load
    FF       C majorC     G7G7  C majorC
But the stone has been thrown so long ago

Chorus:
A minorAm         FF
We wake up early as they wake up too
   E minorEm      C majorC     D7D7    G+G
They sharpen their knives as we go to shul
  E minorEm          C majorC
As everyone prays to the G-d of Creation
  E minorEm   G+G     G7G7      C majorC
We toil in Torah and fight for our nation

A minorAm       FF
We run to daven or to the border
  E minorEm      C majorC     D7D7      G+G
To check all the lines and see all's in order
E minorEm           C majorC
We'll get rewarded for tying our shoes
  E minorEm     G+G    G7G7     C majorC
And placing our lives to save fellow Jews

Interlude 2:
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"Today's top stories"
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"More voilence in Jerusalem today"
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"It wasn't an Israeli who was shot as earlier reported"
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"But a Palestinian youth who was killed"
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"By Israeli forces carrying M-16s"
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"After allegedly throwing a small stone"
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"In the direction of some people"

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"The boy, who was just 16 years old"
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"Was heard to cry 'G-d is great!'"
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"Before being shot dead"

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"There were no causalties on the Israeli side"
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"And now for the weather"
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"It's cold and dreary this morning..."

Chorus:
A minorAm         FF
We wake up early as they wake up too
   E minorEm      C majorC     D7D7    G+G
They sharpen their knives as we go to shul
  E minorEm          C majorC
As everyone prays to the G-d of Creation
  E minorEm   G+G     G7G7      C majorC
We toil in Torah and fight for our nation

A minorAm       FF
We run to daven or to the border
  E minorEm      C majorC     D7D7      G+G
To check all the lines and see all's in order
E minorEm           C majorC
We'll get rewarded for tying our shoes
  E minorEm     G+G    G7G7     C majorC
And placing our lives to save fellow Jews

Outro:
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