613 Commandments chords by Debbie Friedman

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

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

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice


(RIFF Then alternate basss)

          C majorC  C/GC/G C majorC C/GC/G
e|------------------0----0---0---0----|
BB|------------------1----1---1---1----|
G+G|------------------0----0---0---0----|
D MajorD|------------------2----2---2---2----|
A augmentedA|--------0----2----3----x---3---x----|
E MajorE|----3------------------3-------3----|

Intro:
(slowly)
A7A7         D7D7    G7G7     C majorC
613 commandments…. We could hardly believe our eyes

Chorus:

RIFF
      C majorC           G+G
Well there were 613 commandments that Moses handed to us.
G+G
As we stood at the foot of the mountain of Sinai,
     C majorC
Our dear Moses started to fuss.
C majorC          C7C7         FF      D7D7
He threw two tablets onto the ground and much to our surprise,
  C majorC         A7A7
The Ten Commandments broke into pieces,
    D7D7    G7G7     C majorC
And we couldn’t believe our eyes.

Verse:
RIFF
C majorC                   G+G
Because the Torah was much too long to describe to all the Jews,
G+G                        C majorC
Our God decided to write Ten Commandments that said the don’ts and do's.
C majorC          C7C7         FF      D7D7
Every commandment talked about the way we had to live,
     C majorC       A7A7       D7D7  G7G7     C majorC
When we work or play, cook and clean, borrow, take or give.

Chorus:

G7G7       C majorC           G+G
Well there were 613 commandments that Moses handed to us.
G+G
As we stood at the foot of the mountain of Sinai,
     C majorC
Our dear Moses started to fuss.
C majorC          C7C7         FF      D7D7
He threw two tablets onto the ground and much to our surprise,
  C majorC         A7A7
The Ten Commandments broke into pieces,
    D7D7    G7G7     C majorC
And we couldn’t believe our eyes.

Verse:
RIFF
    C majorC                         G+G
As we stood at the bottom of the mountain and listened to Moshe,
G+G                    C majorC
He asked how many wanted the Torah and a bunch of us said, “Yah!.”
C majorC          C7C7         FF      D7D7
We thought about the way life was and the way life ought to be.
     C majorC       A7A7           D7D7     G7G7  C majorC
Without the Torah we would have been lost and stuck with idolatry.

Chorus:
RIFF
        C majorC           G+G
Well there were 613 commandments that Moses handed to us.
G+G
As we stood at the foot of the mountain of Sinai,
     C majorC
Our dear Moses started to fuss.
C majorC          C7C7         FF      D7D7
He threw two tablets onto the ground and much to our surprise,
  C majorC         A7A7
The Ten Commandments broke into pieces,
    D7D7    G7G7     C majorC
And we couldn’t believe our eyes.

Verse:
RIFF
  C majorC              G+G
So when it’s time to celebrate Chag HaShavuot,
G+G                    C majorC
We all rejoice ‘cause the Torah’s ours to study, teach and quote,
C majorC          C7C7     FF      D7D7
Had we not made a promise to be chosen and to choose.
     C majorC       A7A7    D7D7     G7G7    C majorC
Remember that there wouldn’t be a people called the Jews.

Chorus:
RIFF
        C majorC           G+G
Well there were 613 commandments that Moses handed to us.
G+G
As we stood at the foot of the mountain of Sinai,
     C majorC
Our dear Moses started to fuss.
C majorC          C7C7         FF      D7D7
He threw two tablets onto the ground and much to our surprise,
  C majorC         A7A7
The Ten Commandments broke into pieces,
    D7D7    G7G7     C majorC
And we couldn’t believe our eyes.