613 Commandments chords by Debbie Friedman

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice



(RIFF Then alternate basss)

                    C   C/G  C  C/G
e|------------------0----0---0---0----|
B|------------------1----1---1---1----|
G|------------------0----0---0---0----|
D|------------------2----2---2---2----|
A|--------0----2----3----x---3---x----|
E|----3------------------3-------3----|

Intro:
(slowly)
A7                 D7       G7          C
613 commandments…. We could hardly believe our eyes

Chorus:

RIFF
           C                     G
Well there were 613 commandments that Moses handed to us.
G
As we stood at the foot of the mountain of Sinai,
         C
Our dear Moses started to fuss.
C                    C7                  F            D7
He threw two tablets onto the ground and much to our surprise,
    C                 A7
The Ten Commandments broke into pieces,
       D7       G7          C
And we couldn’t believe our eyes.

Verse:
RIFF
C                                      G
Because the Torah was much too long to describe to all the Jews,
G                                                C
Our God decided to write Ten Commandments that said the don’ts and do's.
C                    C7                  F            D7
Every commandment talked about the way we had to live,
          C             A7              D7    G7         C
When we work or play, cook and clean, borrow, take or give.

Chorus:

G7              C                     G
Well there were 613 commandments that Moses handed to us.
G
As we stood at the foot of the mountain of Sinai,
         C
Our dear Moses started to fuss.
C                    C7                  F            D7
He threw two tablets onto the ground and much to our surprise,
    C                 A7
The Ten Commandments broke into pieces,
       D7       G7          C
And we couldn’t believe our eyes.

Verse:
RIFF
        C                                                 G
As we stood at the bottom of the mountain and listened to Moshe,
G                                        C
He asked how many wanted the Torah and a bunch of us said, “Yah!.”
C                    C7                  F            D7
We thought about the way life was and the way life ought to be.
          C             A7                     D7         G7   C
Without the Torah we would have been lost and stuck with idolatry.

Chorus:
RIFF
                C                     G
Well there were 613 commandments that Moses handed to us.
G
As we stood at the foot of the mountain of Sinai,
         C
Our dear Moses started to fuss.
C                    C7                  F            D7
He threw two tablets onto the ground and much to our surprise,
    C                 A7
The Ten Commandments broke into pieces,
       D7       G7          C
And we couldn’t believe our eyes.

Verse:
RIFF
    C                           G
So when it’s time to celebrate Chag HaShavuot,
G                                        C
We all rejoice ‘cause the Torah’s ours to study, teach and quote,
C                    C7          F            D7
Had we not made a promise to be chosen and to choose.
          C             A7       D7         G7       C
Remember that there wouldn’t be a people called the Jews.

Chorus:
RIFF
                C                     G
Well there were 613 commandments that Moses handed to us.
G
As we stood at the foot of the mountain of Sinai,
         C
Our dear Moses started to fuss.
C                    C7                  F            D7
He threw two tablets onto the ground and much to our surprise,
    C                 A7
The Ten Commandments broke into pieces,
       D7       G7          C
And we couldn’t believe our eyes.