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Aba

sung by Avraham FriedHard

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How to read it: play the letters left to right; the word under them is the word you sing. A plain letter is a white key from Middle C up; ^C is one higher, B↓ one lower, G# the black key to the right, and – means keep singing the same word.

Verse 1

– – B↓ – C – D – –Hu, hu, hu, shomer aleinu
– B↓ – C – D – –Hu, hu, hu, ohev otanu
– – E – E – C D –Hu, hu, hu, Aba shel kulam

Verse 2

A↓ – B↓ C – A↓ – D – –Bamilchamot, shomer aleinu
A↓ – B↓ – E – D – –Banistarot, gam sham itanu
F – D – – – B↓ C D F – – – –Aba sheli, hu Melech haolam

Chorus

– ^C – ^C – ^C – ^C B A G – – – – –Aba, Aba, Aba, Melech haolam
^C – ^C – ^C – ^C B A G B – –Melech, Melech, Melech, Aba shel kulam
^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D AShuv vashuv Ata soleach
^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D ^C ^C – – BRak elecha od boreach
^C ^D ^F – –Aba, Tatte

Chorus (again)

^C – ^C – ^C – ^C ^C B ^C ^D – – –Aba, Aba, Aba, Melech haolam
^C – ^C – ^C – ^C ^E ^D ^C – –Melech, Melech, Melech, Aba shel kulam
B ^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D AShuv vashuv Ata soleach
^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D ^C ^C –Rak elecha od boreach
^C ^D ^F – – –Aba, Tatte

Verse 1

– B↓ – C – D – –Hu, hu, hu, shomer aleinu
– B↓ – C – D – –Hu, hu, hu, ohev otanu
– – – – E – C D –Hu, hu, hu, Aba shel kulam

Verse 2

A↓ – B↓ – A↓ – D – –Bamilchamot, shomer aleinu
A↓ – B↓ – C E – D – –Banistarot, gam sham itanu
F – D – – – B↓ C D F – – –Aba sheli, hu Melech haolam

Chorus

^C – ^C – ^C – ^C B A G –Aba, Aba, Aba, Melech haolam
^C – ^C – – ^C B A G –Melech, Melech, Melech, Aba shel kulam
^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D AShuv vashuv Ata soleach
^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D ^C ^C –Rak elecha od boreach
^C ^D ^F –Aba, Tatte

Chorus (again)

^C – ^C – – ^C B ^C ^D –Aba, Aba, Aba, Melech haolam
^C – ^C – ^C – ^C ^E ^D ^C – –Melech, Melech, Melech, Aba shel kulam
B ^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D AShuv vashuv Ata soleach
^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D ^C ^C –Rak elecha od boreach
^C ^D ^F – –Aba, Tatte

Interlude

G↓ A↓ – – A↓ A↓ D E – – A↓ A↓ D E – – A↓ C – C B↓ A↓ A↓ G↓ G↓
A↓ – A↓ A↓ A↓ A↓ D E A↓ A↓ – A↓ A↓ D E – A↓ – – – –?

Chorus in Yiddish

^C – ^C ^C ^C ^C ^C ^C ^C B A G –Tatte, Tatte, Tatte, ven geit men shoin aheim?
^C – ^C – ^C ^C ^C ^C B A G – –Melech, Melech, Melech, tzurik in cheder gein
^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D ANor tzu dir ich shtendik loif
^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D ^C ^C –Nor tzu zein bei dir in hoif
^C ^D ^F ^E –Tatte, Tatte

Chorus in English

– ^C – ^C – ^C – ^C B ^C ^D – –Father, Father, Father, to You we sing and pray
– ^C – ^C – ^C – ^C ^E ^D ^C – B –You never, never, never, never turn away
B B ^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D AShuv vashuv Ata soleach
^D ^C ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D ^C ^C –Rak elecha od boreach
^C ^D ^F –Tatte, Tattenyu

The sheet

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