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It's a Rebbe's Life

sung by Benny FriedmanHard

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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

G – – –I see him at the cheder
G – E G –I see him all the time
G – – –And even when I leave him
G – E G – –Can't get him off my mind
B ^C A – –Oy ki heim chayeinu
– F E – – – –Oy, cuz it's a rebbe's life.

Verse 2

G – – –The times that he's successful
G – E G –The times I watch him fail
G – – –The learning and the struggle
G – E G – –The nachas and the pain
B ^C A – –Oy ki heim chayeinu
– – – – –Oy, cuz it's a rebbe's life.

Pre-chorus

A ^E ^D ^C A ^E –I've tried rewards and prizes
^C A ^E ^D ^C A ^E –And the wisest of advisors
^C A – – – – –Just to find out what he needs
A ^E ^D ^C A ^E –For Yankele ben Gittel
^C A ^E ^D ^C ^D ^C –Let me say one more kappitel
– – – ^E – – –Gonna pray that he'll succeed.

Chorus

– – ^F – –Cuz it's a rebbe's life
^D ^E ^F ^E ^D ^C ^D ^E ^D –We understand, we've got the future of the world in our hands
^C ^D – – – ^C ^D ^E ^D ^C – ^C ^E –For tinokos shel bais rabban are the leaders tomorrow we'll see
– ^C – – ^F ^G ^F –Yes, it's a rebbe's life, we know every child
– ^E ^D ^E ^D ^E ^D B –Has got a spark of something special inside
– A B – ^C – A G G ^E ^E –And the Torah we teach is a flame that will reach
– F ^D – ^D ^C ^E ^D ^C –Every heart and soul, for generations to be.

Verse 3

G – – –It's so many years later
G – E G –I've left it all behind
G – – –But Yankele in cheder
G – E G – –Will sometimes cross my mind
B ^C A – –Oy ki heim chayeinu
– F E – – – –Oy, cuz it's a rebbe's life.

Verse 4

G – – –Then I attend a dinner
G – E G –I meet the honoree
G – – –I say, "You look familiar"
G – E G – –And Yankel says "It's me!"
B ^C A – –Oy ki heim chayeinu
– – – – –Oy ve'orech yameinu

Pre-chorus 2

A ^E ^D ^C A ^E –My Yankel's dedicated
^C A ^E ^D ^C A ^E –To assisting kids in cheder
^C A – – – – –For whom learning's really tough
A ^E ^D ^C A ^E –He says "Rebbe, I can guide 'em
^C A ^E ^D ^C ^D ^C –Cuz I see the good inside 'em
– – – ^E – – –And it's all cuz of your love."

The sheet

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