Matisyahu – Chop Em Down (Guitar Live)

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[Riffx2]
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[Intro]
Am
Yo, Sum da ya woy yay yo wah yo hoooo
[Verse 1]
Am                                    Em
Said from the forest itself comes the handle for the axe

           Am                             Em
Split this wilderness listen, I'm not missing where it's at

        Am                     Em
Clear a path so that you could find your way back

         Am
Chop 'em down, chop 'em down

         Em
Chop 'em down, chop 'em down
[Bridge]
                Dm7                       Em
Then I'ma said, time flies by like clouds passing in the sky

Dm7                          Em
Lifetimes even gone with the blink of an eye

Dm7                          Em
March through the desert one step at a time

Dm7
March through the desert one step at a time
[Verse 2]
               Am                      Em
Said, from the forest itself comes the handle for the axe

         Am                             Em
Drop the staff Moshe Rabbeinu split the ocean in half

Am                            Em
March through the desert this ain't where it's at

              Am
Said chop 'em down, Chop 'em down

         Em
Chop 'em down, chop 'em down
[Bridge]
                Dm7
Then I'ma said, patterns engraved not so easily erased

      Em
Still wandering trying to find your place

        Dm7
I said, playing the game I see pain on your face

      Em
Now a day's the Yidden like children sold as slaves

Dm7                                    Em
Strange ways running through the maze, strange ways, always

Dm7
Lost in the desert trying to find your way

Dm7                                Em
Lost, lost in the desert trying to find your way
[Verse 3]
         Am                      Em
From the forest itself comes the handle for the axe

           Am                             Em
Split this wilderness, listen I'm not missing where it's at

        Am                     Em
Clear a path so that you could find your way back

              Am
Said chop 'em down, chop 'em down

         Em
Chop 'em down, chop 'em down, na-na
[Bridge]
Dm7             Em
Yosef descended sold as a slave

Dm7                            Em
Thrown into a dungeon cause he wouldn't be swayed

Dm7                              Em
Interpreted Pharaoh's dreams and Egypt was saved

Dm7
Stock piled food for seven years of rain

Dm7
Sold to all the nations when the drought came
[Verse 4]
Am                          Em
Yosef rose to power and the Yidden stayed

Am                      Em
Started to build and success was made

Am                               Em
Pharaoh is getting worried let's make them pay

Am
Bound in chains, first born was sent down to their graves
[Bridge]
Dm7                   Em
Moshe was saved and a prince he was raised

Dm7                            Em
Hashem spoke to him, "Here's a message to relay

Dm7                                 Em
Take my Nation from Mitzrayim, must see the suffering"

Dm7
Hard hearts ego breaks take sparks and make way

Dm7
Trail blaze through the wasteland breaking the chains
{Break]
Am                                       Em
Ribbi dibbi dibbi, dibbi ye yo yo, yiggy yo, yiggy yo, oh yiggy yo yo

Am                                  Em
Yiggy yo yo, yiggy yo, yiggy yo yo, oh yiggy yo-oh ohhh
[Verse 5]
Am
Last generation just the remnants

Em
Peel through this wasteland leaving footprints

Am                                           Em
Peel off the lid this is just plastic, gotta get into it, get-get into it

           Am                                                      Em
Said heavy hitter stepping solid never quit or jump into the ocean before it split, gotta jump into it

Am
Jump-jump into the ocean, jump into it

        Em
Rip-rip through Egypt, rip through it

Am                           Em
600,000 witnessed it, no you didn't forget, no you didn't forget

Am
Rip-rip through Egypt, rip through it

             Em
Said rip-rip through Egypt, yo!
[Outro]
Am
Said, in the spiritual desert things are not what they seem

       Em
Snakes camouflaged just to fit the scene

Am                                                      Em
Put your faith in the mirage, it's just a smoke screen, just a smoke screen, just a smoke...

       Am
In the spiritual desert things are not what they seem

       Em
Snakes camouflaged just to fit the scene

         Am
Put your faith in the mirage, it's just a smoke screen,

Em
Took that path and you no where it leads

Fmaj7
Ooh-wa, eee-ah, you-ahh, ooh-ahh

Am          Em
Diggy woy yo