Misc Musicals – Come From Away - Prayer (Guitar)

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HANNAH (spoken)
F
Beulah walks me to church —
and when we get there,
                        Bb
I light a candle for my son
BEULAH (spoken) And I do too KEVIN T. (spoken)
F                                              Bb
I suddenly realize what that music from my dream —
it was an old hymn from when I was a kid.
                                   F
I haven’t been to church in years, but for some reason that song was in my head
(Kevin)
F
Make me a channel of your peace:
Where there is hatred
                  C/F
Let me bring your love

      Bb/F
Where there is injury
Your pardon, Lord
    Bb
And where there's doubt

     C           D
True faith in you
(HANNAH & KEVIN T.)
D
Make me a channel of your peace
(Make me a channel of your peace) echoed Where there's despair in life (Where there's despair in life) echoed
             A
Let me bring hope
(Let me bring hope) echoed
      G
Where there is darkness, only light
(Where there is darkness, only light) echoed (HANNAH) And where there's sadness (HANNAH & KEVIN T.)
A     D
Every joy
(RABBI) Oseh shalom bim’romav
Gm/D               Dm
Hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu

A            Dm
V'al kol yisrael

    A       Dm/F  A Dm
V’imru, v’imru    amen
(spoken) There is a man here in town.
                       Gm/D
He’s lived here nearly his entire life.

                          D
He heard that there was a Rabbi diverted here

                           A
and he came to find me and tell me his story
(EDDIE & ACTOR 11) (spoken)
              Dm                          A
I was born in Poland, I think. And my parents — they were Jews

          Dm/F    A      Dm
— they sent me here before the war started —

                                                             Gm
I still remember some of the prayers they taught me. As a boy, I was told
I should never tell anyone I was Jewish. Even my wife.
                                             A                            Dm
But after what happened on Tuesday — so many stories gone — just like that.
I needed to tell someone (ALI) (spoken)
Dm
During El-Fagir, when most people are asleep
it is easier to pray.
Dm
But at Dhuhr, I can feel them watching me.
Sometimes I catch them
Dm
When they think I’m not looking —
and I can see the fear in their eyes (ANNETTE) (spoken) Excuse me? Beulah wanted me to check on you. The library’s open — for anyone looking for some peace — and a quiet place to pray Ali lays out a prayer mat and begins to pray (RABBI & EDDIE)
Gm         Dm
Ya'aseh shalom
(ya’aseh)
Gm         Dm
Ya'aseh shalom
(shalom)
Gm      Dm      A           Dm
Shalom aleinu v'al kol yisrael

Gm         Dm
Ya'aseh shalom
(Asato maa)Hindi
Gm         Dm
Ya'aseh shalom
(Sad-gamaya)
Gm      Dm      A           Dm
Shalom aleinu v'al kol yisrael
(Tamaso maa Jyotire-gamaya) (BEULAH, HANNAH, KEVIN T & SINGER 10)
  G
O master, grant that

            D
I may never seek
(Oseh shalom bim’ romav)
   A
So much to be consoled
(Tamaso maa Jyotire-gamaya)
         D
As to console
(Hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu) (Tamaso maa Jyotire-gamaya)
      G
To be understood
(Mrityor-maamritan)
           D
As to understand
(Ya’aseh shalom)
      E
To be loved
(Gamaya Om shaantih)
                       A
As to love with all my soul
(Ya’aseh shalom) (Shaantih shaantih) (KEVIN T)
D
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there's despair in life
             A/D
Let me bring hope

      G/D
Where there is darkness
Only light
    G
And where there's saddness

A             D
Every joy