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Yossele

sung by Shulem LemmerHard

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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.

Intro

– E F D C B↓ A↓ C –
C D E E – E F E –
F E D C A↓ A↓ E F
F D C B↓ D C D C
C – – – D E E
E – D – A↓ A↓ –

Verse 1

A↓ A↓ E A G –Mitachas eitz balayla kar,
E A G – ^C B ^C B A –siyem es hamasa
E A G – G A G –Halach levad bli af echad,
^C B ^C B A –v'ish k'lal lo yada
F F G A A A A –Ashir gadol adam nistar,
F E F E F –kashe im lev zahav
C F G A A AV'chol mi shehaya tzarich,
A – ^C B ^C B A –azar lo hakamtzan

Verse 2

E A G – G A G –Kulam amru she'ein sikui,
^C B ^C – A A –halev shelo k'mo even
G E A G – G A G AHu lo margish kvar shum k'ev,
A B ^C B A –gam lo shel atzmo
F F G – A AAch af echad k'lal lo chalam,
A – F E F E F –shezehu ha'adam
C F G A A ASherak nasan da'ag, mikol halev,
A A A – A B ^C –halev hacham

Chorus

^D ^E ^D ^E ^D ^EReb Yossele kamtzan kadosh,
^D – A ^F ^E ^Fumah nomar shelo nevosh
^E ^F ^E – ^F ^D ^G ^G ^GK'mo abba tov
^A ^G ^F ^E ^D –da'agta l'kulam
^F ^E ^G ^F ^E ^E ^E ^E ^G ^F –Sha'arei tzedaka p'suchim l'cha,
^G B ^C ^C ^C ^E – – ^E –tispalel al amcha, Yossele

Interlude

– E E F D C B↓ A↓ –
C D –
E F E D –
D F E D C –
E F D C B↓ D C D –
C C D – F E –
– A↓ – –

Verse 3

E A G – E A G A AV'Yossele yoshev umis'aneg
^C B ^C B A G –miziv Shechina
G E A G – G A G –Im lev sameach v'shalem,
^C B ^C B A –uv'libo tefila
F F G A A A A A –Lu rak haya nitan r'shus,
F E F E F –laredes la'olam
E C F G A A ALases tzedaka l'od ani, …
A – ^C B ^C B B A –achhh... ze haya mushlam

Verse 4

B E A G – G A G –Ach zehu sof kol ha'adam,
^C B ^C B A A –v'i efshar lachazor
E A G – G A G –Lakachas k'tzas musar haskel,
B ^C B B A –v'la'asos rak tov
F F G A A A A A A –Lases mikol halev
F E F E F –ze l'kabel bachazara
C F G A A ABli l'vakesh l'atzm'cha,
A A A B A B ^C –kavod o tehila

Chorus

^E ^D ^E ^D ^E ^D ^EReb Yossele kamtzan kadosh,
^D – A ^F ^E ^Fumah nomar shelo nevosh
^E ^F ^E – ^D ^G ^G ^GK'mo abba tov
^A ^G ^F ^F ^E ^D –da'agta l'kulam
^F ^E ^G ^F – ^E ^G ^F ^D ^D ^GSha'arei tzedaka p'suchim l'cha,
B ^C – ^E – – ^E –tispalel al amcha, Yossele

Chorus again

^D ^E ^D ^E ^E ^D ^EReb Yossele kamtzan kadosh,
^D – A ^F ^E ^Fumah nomar shelo nevosh
^E ^F ^E ^F ^F ^D ^G ^G ^GK'mo abba tov
^A ^G ^F ^E ^D –da'agta l'kulam
– ^F ^E ^G ^F – ^E ^G ^F –Sha'arei tzedaka p'suchim l'cha,
^G B ^C ^C ^C ^E – – ^E –tispalel al amcha, Yossele

Ending

A↓ A↓ E F D C B↓ A↓ –
C – C D E –
F E D –
D F E D C A↓ A↓ E
F D C B↓ D C D –
– – C D – F E
– – A – – A – –

The sheet

Yossele by Shulem Lemmer – keyboard letter-key sheet page 1Yossele by Shulem Lemmer – keyboard letter-key sheet page 2Yossele by Shulem Lemmer – keyboard letter-key sheet page 3Yossele by Shulem Lemmer – keyboard letter-key sheet page 4Yossele by Shulem Lemmer – keyboard letter-key sheet page 5Yossele by Shulem Lemmer – keyboard letter-key sheet page 6Yossele by Shulem Lemmer – keyboard letter-key sheet page 7
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