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Teardrop

Abie Rotenberg

Capo 5
     Am         G
In a one room apartment 
      F          Em
Somewhere in the city
    F              Am
A story of magic unfolds
       Am           G
There lived an old widow 
    F         Em
Without any children
  F            G        Am
Abandoned, forgotten, alone
         Am             G
And she lived with the memories 
    F           Em
Of barbed wire fences
     F                     Am
The darkness invading her dreams
      Am      G         F         Em   
Oh if ever a woman had reason to cry
  F              G        Am
Then surely the woman was she

     Dm                   G
But never did she shed a tear
     E                    
She asked for no answers, 
                Am
had nothing to fear
       F           C
God’s love is but hidden, 
    E              Am
In time we'll know why
       G              F      
But today there's no reason, 
     Em      Am
no reason to cry.

         Am            G    
Well it happened one Friday 
       F          Em
there just was no money
     F                       Am
Her table bare, covered in white
         Am          G      
But she found a few pennies 
     F              Em
and bought a small candle
      F             G             Am
Her Shabbos would still have its light
         Am           G
And she lit the lone candle, 
   F         Em
recited the bracha
     F                      Am
The deepest of joys in her heart
        Am            G  
When a gust of wind blew 
            F           Em
through a crack in the window
     F              G              Am
The flame once so bright had gone dark

 Dm                         G
This time the pain was so great
      E                
She tried to hold back 
                Am
but it was too late
F              C         
Where has my faith gone, 
     E           Am
she said with a sigh
       G             F     
As a small teardrop formed 
       Em          Am
on the edge of her eye

    Am               G    
It rolled down her cheek, 
           F             Em
heading straight for the candle
    F                    Am
As if with a mind of its own
Am            G    
Touching the wick, 
          F            Em
the drop burst out in flames
      F              G            Am
Once more there was light in her home

    Dm                            G
No more could she hold back the tears
      E                              Am
She cried out the sorrow of so many years
       F           C      
God's love is but hidden, 
    E              Am
in time we'll know why
         G           F       
But the heavens had told her 
     Em           Am
it’s all right to cry

Variations
       G              F      
But today there's no reason, 
     G       Am
no reason to cry.

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