We Wake Up Early chords by Bumy Goldson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

C                             F
Out on the street he helps an old man across
    Am        Dm         F         C
And makes his way on the crosstown bus
   C                         F
He waits on the platform for just one more train
    F          C           G7          C
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:
Am                  F
We wake up early as they wake up too
     Em            C         D7       G
They sharpen their knives as we go to shul
   Em                    C
As everyone prays to the G-d of Creation
   Em      G         G7            C
We toil in Torah and fight for our nation

Am              F
We run to daven or to the border
   Em            C         D7           G
To check all the lines and see all's in order
Em                     C
We'll get rewarded for tying our shoes
    Em          G        G7          C
And placing our lives to save fellow Jews

Verse 2:
    C                         F
His brother's in the army, protecting the nation
       Am           Dm      F      C
With a prayer and a gun and determination
   C                          F
He stands by the platform and lifts up his eyes
    F            C      G7            C
And waves to his brother on the other side

C                     F
Suddenly a warning, a cry in the distance
  Am        Dm         F         C
A hundred reactions, a silent confusion
    C                        F
The soldier, he sees him and fires his load
        F              C         G7    C
But the stone has been thrown so long ago

Chorus:
Am                  F
We wake up early as they wake up too
     Em            C         D7       G
They sharpen their knives as we go to shul
   Em                    C
As everyone prays to the G-d of Creation
   Em      G         G7            C
We toil in Torah and fight for our nation

Am              F
We run to daven or to the border
   Em            C         D7           G
To check all the lines and see all's in order
Em                     C
We'll get rewarded for tying our shoes
    Em          G        G7          C
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:
Am                  F
We wake up early as they wake up too
     Em            C         D7       G
They sharpen their knives as we go to shul
   Em                    C
As everyone prays to the G-d of Creation
   Em      G         G7            C
We toil in Torah and fight for our nation

Am              F
We run to daven or to the border
   Em            C         D7           G
To check all the lines and see all's in order
Em                     C
We'll get rewarded for tying our shoes
    Em          G        G7          C
And placing our lives to save fellow Jews

Outro:
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