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Joe Dimaggio’s Card

Abie Rotenberg

Capo 3
    G         D      
We grew up together, 
Em
in New York City
C                      G
Oh, how the time has flown by
G          D         
We were inseparable, 
 Em
closer than brothers
C                        G
My best friend Sammy and I.

       G          D       
We’d play by the oak tree, 
    Em
in back of my house
 C                     G
Tossing a ball to and fro
      G          D       
Each one of us dreaming, 
    Em
pretending to be
      C              G
The great Joe DiMaggio.

Em          D          
One day we each bought 
   C
a package of Topp’s
    C                      G
And opened them under the tree
Em              C         D
Look Sam, I’ve got Joe DiMaggio’s card
     C                    G
And he was so jealous of me.

   Em       D            C
I lovingly hid it, deep inside my drawer
      C                       G
Where it would be safe as can be
       Em            D      
And I vowed I would keep it 
   C        D  C
forever and e-ver
G           D          G
It was so precious to me…
G           D          G
It was so precious to me.

G            D      
When we grew older, 
     Em
and left for Yeshiva
    C                            G
A change could be seen from the start
 G             D   
Sam loved to study 
      Em
while I loved to daydream
C                   G
Slowly we drifted apart.

G              D    
I watched him grow, 
        Em
in his learning and faith
        C                    D
With a mixture of envy and pride
   G             D       
I realized with sadness, 
    Em
no more could it be
C                        G
My best friend Sammy and I.

Em          D      
Many years passed, 
      C
as I watched my own children
C                       D
Playing outside in the yard
   Em              C        
I remembered the friendship 
    D
of long, long ago
          C                   G
And the great Joe DiMaggio’s card.

    Em            D    
Collectors would come, 
             C
they would knock at my door
 C                      G
Letters arrived in the mail
      Em          D       
We’ll pay half a million, 
      C         D        C
your card it is one of a kind
     G            D            G
I’d answer them, it’s not for sale
     G            D            G
I’d answer them, it’s not for sale.


     G           D      
I’d read in the papers, 
      Em
from time to time
     C                         G
Of events in the life of my friend
    G           D       
He became Rosh Yeshiva, 
    Em
of our old school
     C                   G
And now was a leader of men.

     G           D   
But there was a fire 
      Em
that ravaged his school
       C                            G 
And I knew it just might break his heart
      G             D     
So I reached in my drawer 
       Em
and I said my goodbyes
         C                   G
To the great Joe DiMaggio’s card.

Em          D            
One day my grandson came 
 C
home from Yeshiva
C                        G
Holding a card that was new
     Em          C        D
Look Zaidy Reb Shmuel is one of the Gedolim
     C                      G
And I’m giving his card to you.

   Em       D          
I lovingly hid it deep 
 C
inside my drawer
      C                        G
Where it would be safe as can be
       Em            D      
And I vowed I would keep it 
   C        D  C
forever and e-ver
G          D         G
It is so precious to me…
      G         D         G
It is so very precious to me.

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