Teardrop

Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste [Verse 1] Em D In a one room apartment Em D somewhere in the city, C Bm Em A story of magic unfolds. Em D There lived an old widow Em D without any children, C Bm Em Abandoned, forgotten, alone. [Verse 2] Em D She lived with the memories Em D of barbed wire fences, C Bm Em The darkness invading her dreams. Em D Em D Oh, if ever a woman and reason to cry, C Bm Em Then surely the woman was she. [Chorus 1] C D But never did she shed a tear, Bm She asked for no answers, Em had nothing to fear. Em G-d’s love is but hidden, G in time we’ll know why. D C But today there’s no reason, D Em no reason to cry. [Verse 3] Em D Well, it happened one Friday, Em D there just was no money, C Bm Em The table, bare, covered in white. Em D But she found a few pennies Em D and bought a small candle, C Bm Em Her Shabbos would still have its light. [Verse 4] Em D And she lit the lone candle, Em D recited the Brocho, C Bm Em The deepest of joys in her heart. Em D When a gust of wind blew Em D through a crack in the window, C Bm Em The flame, once so bright, had gone dark. [Chorus 2] C D This time the pain was so great, Bm She tried to hold back Em but it was too late. Em “Where has my faith gone?” G she said with a sigh, D C As a small teardrop formed D Em on the edge of her eye. [Verse 5] Em D It rolled down her cheek, Em D heading straight for the candle, C Bm Em As if with a mind of its own. Em D Touching the wick, Em D the drop burst out in flames, C Bm Em Once more, there was light in her home. [Chorus 3] C D No more could she hold back her tears, Bm Em She cried out the sorrow, of so many years. Em G-d’s love is but hidden, G in time we’ll know why D C But the heavens had told her, D Em “It’s alright to cry.”