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Deaf Man in the Shteeble

Lev Tahor

        G                 C
Just a deaf man in the shteeble,
       D               C
and to everyone’s surprise,
    G                  C
He comes to shul each Shabbos,
         A                     D
and he prays with tear-filled eyes.
     G              C
His son he is the Chazan,
            D                Em
though his voice he’s never heard,
     C                D          
But he sits there, enjoying every 
 G
word.

    G             C
He watches every motion,
       D               C
every gesture that he makes,
    G                 C
And he stays till the very end,
   A             D 
however long it takes.
              G          C
And when the davening is over,
          D                  Em
he’s the first to reach his son,
         C                 D             
And the deaf man in the shteeble says, 
       G      D
“Well done”.


Chorus:
          G                C
Now it’s right before Yom Kippur,
              D               G
and in the shteeble there is fear.
      G                 C
They want to start Kol Nidre,
          A                  D
but the Chazan’s still not there.
          Am                 D
Oh, the shul is filled with people,
        G               Em
as the night begins to fall,
          C                     D
But the deaf man’s chair stands empty, 
        G
by the wall.

      G            C
Then suddenly the Chazan,
          D                   C
he comes rushing through the door.
      G                 C
He’s wearing his white Chazan’s hat,
      A            D      
he’s never worn before.
     G           C
He pauses for a moment,
        D               Em
at his father’s empty chair.
     C           D            G
And quietly, he wipes away a tear.
 
Chorus:
        G              C
And he runs up to the bimah,
            D                G
for there’s no time left to wait.
     G                 C
And half the shul can hear the rabbi 
A                  D
Ask, “How come so late?”
      Am
“Oh, just getting ready 
 D
for Yom Kippur”,
G            Em
is all he’d say.
      C        A           D
“But now, I’m going up to pray.”

Chorus:
        G                  C
And he takes his place surrounded,
        D          G
by the holy Torah ring.
    G            C
And in a voice so beautiful,
A             D
he begins to sing.
    Am                D
Oh, every heart was broken,
         G                  Em
Oh, and every soul burned bright.
      C
From his Kol Nidre,
  D              G
that Yom Kippur night.

      G                C
And when he finished davening,
     D              C
the rabbi asked to tell
      G             C
What was it he was thinking of,
      A                D
that made him sing so well.
            G              C
“Well you knew my dad was deaf”, he said,
       D                Em
“Last night he passed away.
          C                  D
It’s the first time that my father’s,
           G
heard me pray”.

Chorus “And he takes his place...”

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