Debbie Friedman – 613 Commandments Lyrics

This is how I remember it. Please correct any errors. Also, does anyone know her Hillel was a Rabbi .. Im Eyn Ani Li, Mi Li? song or At My Right Hand Mi-cha-el? Thanks to you, and most of all, to Debbie, Aleyha HaShalom.

613 Commandments - Music and lyrics by Debbie Friedman
CHORUS: C (*) G
Well there were 613 commandments that Moses handed to us.
G7
As we stood at the foot of the mountain of Sinai
C
Our dear Moses started to fuss.

He threw two tablets onto the ground
F D
And much to our surprise
C
The ten commandments broke into pieces
G7 C
And we couldn't believe our eyes.

1) C G
Because the Torah was much too long to describe to all the Jews
G7 C
Our God decided to write ten commandments that said the don’t and do’s
F D
Every commandment talked about/the way we had to live
C C G C
When we work or play, cook or clean, borrow, take or give (chorus)

2) C G
As we stood / at the bottom of the mountain, and listened to Mosheh
G7 C
He asked how many wanted the Torah, and a bunch of us said ‘Yeh’!
F D
We thought about the way life was and the way life ought to be
C G C
Without the Torah we would have been lost, and stuck with idolatry (chor.)

3) C G
So when it's time to celebrate Chag HaShavuot
G7 C
We all rejoice 'cause the Torah's ours to study, teach and quote
F D
Had we not made a promise to be chosen and to choose
C G C
Remember that there would not be a people called the Jews! (chorus)

* The correct note to sing this phrase ('six hundred') is 5th string when holding the C chord (ie 3rd fret) - this technique works wherever you put the capo of course, but I found capo 2 best.