View Guitar Chords for Mordecai - chords ver. 3
Capo 3 - Transpose until the G becomes a Bb to play without Capo The lead breaks follow the lines "We'd see him in the distance on the trail along the rim, His silver head against the mountain sky" And "Perhaps one day I'll see my home and Then he smiled and turned to go, And we all said goodbye to Mordecai" Sing those line for the rhythm and you wont have a problem G C G DGWe'd see him in the distance on the tCrail along the rDim His silCver head agGainst the mountain sDky GAnd Grandmas face would open up when sChe saw that it was Amhim And sChe'd say Daddy grab a chDair its MorGdecaiGAnd it seemed to me he brought a country stCore there on his bDack As he lCayed it all befGore us on the groDund GAnd I knew he'd finally reach into that raCgged old back pAmack For the cCandy that he alDways brought aroGundGHe Said My PDapa was a wandering Jew and iCt's my fate to be one too I'Gll roam these mountain trails until I dDie DPerhaps one day I'll see my home aCnd Then he smiled and turned to go GAnd we all said goDodbye to MorGdecaiG C D C G D D C G D GGOne evening when he stayed with us I sCaw him at his praDyers As the lCast light trickled thrGough the cabin doDor And he stGood before the little yellow caCndle burning thAmere Softly speaCking words I'd neDver heard befGoreGAnd I told him how my Grandma said it troCubled her mind Dso Such a fCine man wasn't waGshed in the blood of the laDmb GHe smiled and said "Tell Grandma if it pleCases her to kAmnow That She and CI both pray to the GDod of AbrGaham"GHe Said My PDapa was a wandering Jew and iCt's my fate to be one too I'Gll roam these mountain trails until I dDie DPerhaps one day I'll see my home aCnd Then he smiled and turned to go GAnd we all said goDodbye to MorGdecaiG C D C G D D C G D GGIt's been so long now since I've left that hilClside far beDhind For a plCace I've never trGuly called my hDome And mGore and more these days I see him waClking in my mAmind Through the miCsty mountain distDance all alGoneMordDecai was a wandering Jew, in Cmy own way I am one too I hGope to make it home before I Ddie DAnd if I should ever find my way I'll liCght a candle at his grave GAnd say one more gooDdbye to MorGdecaiG C D C G D D C G D G