Tikkun Olam chords by Shaina Taub

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Fm

Intro melody:
Fm   Gb C7 Fm
Fm   Gb C7 Fm
Fm   Gb C7

Chorus 1:
         Fm           Ab
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
         Bb           Db
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
         Eb
Means repair the broken world
            Db
Raise your hand
             C7
Beat the drum
         Fm           Ab
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
         Bb           Db
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
        Eb        C7
For a change to come
          Fm
Tikkun Olam

Verse 1:
Fm                                  Eb
In a city where schools have more police than they have nurses
      Fm                                  Eb
In a country with more prison cells than hospital beds
                Bb
Where we spend more on war than medicine
Ab
How will we get well?
            Gb                 F
There is an ancient phrase in Hebrew
   Gb               Db
A call to me and you
             C             Db
Means we've got a job to do
          C                   C7
It isn't simple, but it's true

Chorus 2:
         Fm           Ab
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
         Bb           Db
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
      Eb
To repair the broken world
            Db
Raise your hand
             C7
Beat the drum
         Fm           Ab
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
         Bb           Db
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
        Eb        C7
For a change to come
          Fm
Tikkun Olam


Post-Chorus:
         Ab Db
Tikkun Olam
         Eb Fm
Tikkun Olam
         Ab Db
Tikkun Olam
         Eb Fm
Tikkun Olam

Intro melody again:
Fm   Gb C7 Fm
Fm   Gb C7 Fm

Verse 2:
Fm                                Eb
In a state with better access to bullets than to ballots
      Fm                                       Eb
On a planet where billionaires are richer than billions of us combined
              Bb
It sure is harder to stay hopeful
      Ab
Gets darker everyday
     Gb                F
But hope does not mean we can rest
Gb                 Db
Solomon says it best
              C                  Db
Hope should shove us out the door
          C                  Db
So let's get up off the floor
            C               Db              C                C7
Speak and stand and show up for the future hope is fighting for

Chorus 3:
         Fm           Ab
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
         Bb           Db
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
        Eb
We can heal the hurting world
            Db
Raise your hand
             C7
Beat the drum
         Fm           Ab
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
         Bb           Db
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
        Eb        C7
For a change to come
          Fm
Tikkun Olam

Post-Chorus:
         Ab Db
Tikkun Olam
         Eb Fm
Tikkun Olam
         Ab Db
Tikkun Olam
         Eb Fm
Tikkun Olam

Instrumental solo:
Fm Ab Db Eb
Fm Ab Db Eb
Fm Ab Db C7

Bridge:
Db             C
Working for a way
        Db               C
We can build a better day
        Db              C
More together step by step
             C
To walk the walk
             C7
Oh, when we say

Chorus 4:
         Fm           Ab
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
         Bb           Db
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
        Eb
We can heal the hurting world
       Db            C7
For a song just not sung
         Fm           Ab
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
         Bb           Db
Tikkun Olam (Tikkun Olam)
        Eb        C7
For a change to come
          Fm
Tikkun Olam

Post-Chorus:
         Ab Db
Tikkun Olam
         Eb Fm
Tikkun Olam
         Ab Db
Tikkun Olam
         Eb Fm
Tikkun Olam

Intro melody again:
Fm   Gb C7 Fm
Fm   Gb C7 Fm