Chords with lyrics
🎸 Verse 1:
A minorAm E7E7
To life, to life
A minorAm A7A7 DmDm
l'chaim. L'chaim, l'chaim, to life.
G+G C majorC
Here's to the father I tried to be!
FF BbdimBbdim
Here's to my bride to be!
BbdimBbdim E7E7
Drink, l'chaim, to life!
🎸 Verse 2:
A minorAm E7E7
To life, to life
A minorAm
l'chaim.
A7A7 DmDm
L'chaim, l'chaim, to life.
G+G C majorC
Life has a way of confusing us
FF BbdimBbdim
Blessing and bruising us.
BbdimBbdim E7E7
Drink, l'chaim, to life!
🎸 Chorus 1:
DmDm A minorAm
God would like us to be joyful
B7B7 E7E7
Even when our hearts lie panting on the floor.
DmDm A minorAm
How much more can we be joyful
B7B7 E7E7
When there's really something to be joyful for?
🎸 Verse 3:
A minorAm E7E7
To life, to life
A minorAm A7A7 DmDm
L'chaim. To Tzeitel, my daughter. My wife.
G+G C majorC
It gives you something to think about
FF BbdimBbdim
Something to drink about.
BbdimBbdim E7E7
Drink, l'chaim, to life.
🎸 Verse 4:
A minorAm E7E7
To Lazar Wulf!
A minorAm
To Tevye!
A7A7 DmDm
To Tzeitel, your daughter! My wife!
G+G C majorC
May all your futures be pleasant ones
FF BbdimBbdim
Not like our present ones!
BbdimBbdim E7E7
Drink, l'chaim, to life!
🎸 Verse 5:
A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
To life, to life, l'chaim.
A7A7 DmDm
l'chaim, to life.
G+G C majorC
It takes a wedding to make us say
FF BbdimBbdim
"Let's live another day."
BbdimBbdim E7E7
Drink, l'chaim, to life!
🎸 Chorus 2:
DmDm A minorAm
We'll raise a glass and sip a drop of schnapps
B7B7 E7E7
In honor of the great good luck that favors you.
DmDm A minorAm
We know that when good fortune favors two such men
B7B7 E7E7
It stands to reason we deserve it, too!
🎸 Verse 6:
A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
To us and our good fortune.
A7A7 DmDm
Be happy! Be healthy! Long life!
G+G C majorC
And if our good fortune never comes
FF BbdimBbdim
Here's to whatever comes.
E7E7
Drink l'chaim, to life!
🎸 Bridge:
A7A7 DmDm A7A7 DmDm A7A7 A7A7
A7 DmDm A7A7 DmDm Gm7Gm7 A7A7
Whistle the melody
DmDm A7A7 DmDm A7A7
DmDm A7A7 DmDm A7A7
Whistle the melody
DmDm A minorAm B7B7 E7E7
DmDm A minorAm B7B7 E7E7
Whistle the melody
E7E7
🎸 Outro:
E MajorE A minorAm DmDm A minorAm
Za va, shas da rovia
Heaven bless you both! Nasdrovia!
E MajorE A minorAm DmDm B7B7 E MajorE
To your health, and may we live together in peace.
E MajorE A minorAm DmDm A minorAm
Za va, shas da rovia
Heaven bless you both! Nasdrovia!
E MajorE A minorAm DmDm B7B7 E MajorE
To your health, and may we live together in peace.
A7A7 DmDm A minorAm E7E7
May you both be favored with the future of your choice!
A7A7 DmDm A minorAm E7E7
May you live to see a thousand reasons to rejoice!
E MajorE A minorAm DmDm A minorAm
Za va, shas da rovia
Heaven bless you both! Nasdrovia!
E MajorE A minorAm DmDm B7B7 E MajorE
To your health, and may we live together in peace.
A7A7 DmDm A minorAm E7E7
A7A7 DmDm A minorAm E7E7