Erev Shel Shoshanim
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INTRO:
E|-7-7-5--7-5-3-|-5-5--3-2-0---|-2-2--0-2-----|-0------------|
B|-5------5-----|-5----------3-|-3--------3---|-0------------|
G|--------------|-5------------|--------------|-0------------|
D|--------------|-7------------|--------------|-2------------|
A|-7------7-----|-7------------|-2------------|-2------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-0------------|
VERSE: [A]
E|-0-0---0--3---|-5---------0--|-5-5-3--5-7---|-3------------|
B|-0---3----3---|-5------------|-5------------|-5---5--------|
G|--------------|----5---5-----|--------------|---4----------|
D|----------5---|------7-------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|-0------------|-7------------|--------------|
E|-0------------|--------------|--------------|-0------------|
E|-3--3-2-3--5--|-2----0-------|-2-2--0---2-3-|-0------------|
B|-3------------|-3--------3---|-3------------|-0------------|
G|-4------------|-2------------|-2------------|--------------|
D|-5------------|-0------------|-0------------|----2-2-5-7---|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--2-----------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-0------------|
CHORUS: [B]
E|-7--7-5-7--3--|--5---------0-|-5-5--3-5--7--|-3------------|
B|-5------------|--5--5---5----|-5------------|-5------------|
G|--------------|--5----5------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|--7-----------|--------------|--------------|
A|-7------------|--0-----------|-0------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-0------------|
E|-3--3-2-3--5--|-2----0-------|-2-2--0---2-3-|-0------------|
B|-3------------|-3--------3---|-3------------|-0------------|
G|-4------------|-2------------|-2------------|--------------|
D|-5------------|-0------------|-0------------|-2------------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|-2------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-0------------|
SEQUENCE AS Recorded by Feenjon: AAB/B-music only/AABB
EREV SHEL SHOSHANIM (HEBREW)
Em Am
Erev shel shoshanim
Em
Netse' na el habustan
Em D
Mor behsamin u-levonah
Bm Em
Le-ragleCHa mifthan
[B] CHORUS:
Em Am
Laylah yored le'aht
Em
VeruaCH shoshan noshvah
D
havah 'elCHash laCH /shir ba-l'at
Bm Em
zemer shel 'ahavah
[A]
Em Am
Shachar homah yonah
Em
Ro'sheCH male' tlalim
Em D
Fee ho jhal boquel /sho sha na
Bm Em
'Ekte-fenu liy
**CH = gutteral "h", not english CH
Sequence
Intro AABB interlude AABB
'EREV SHEL SHOSHANIM (ENGLISH)
[A]
An evening of Roses
Come let us go into the grove
Myrrh, spices and frankincense
are crushed beneath your feet
[B]
Night falls slowly
A lily breeze blows
Come, I shall whisper
you a love song slowly,
A song of love
[A]
Dawn, a dove coos
Your drowsy head full of dew
You lips a rose to the morn;
I'll pick it for myself.
How to play Erev Shel Shoshanim
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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