[HANASHIR:12405] Re: Neil's Adon Olam request...

[MoVFTYite <MoVFTYite...>]

Hey Neil!  And hey to anyone else who might be interested in playing this 
version of Adon Olam...

It's quite a fun tune!  Here's my attempt at picking out the chords for it by 
ear...


Adon Olam -- by Aminadav Aloni (notated here by Angela Gold)
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I used my recording from Hava Nashira to hear the chords.  
They put the capo on the 5th fret.
Here are a few other details to know about the way I notated this:

1.  Each chord has been inserted just before the syllable that is on the beat 
it corresponds to.  I did it this way so that no matter what font people's 
computers are using to open this email, the chords appear in the right places 
for the song (unlike when you put the chords above the words and everything 
gets offset after passing through the guts of the internet)  Some chords 
stand by themselves; this is because they still come in on the beat but there 
are no words sung with them.

2.  If you see three hyphens after a word or syllable, it is because the word 
is drawn out (perhaps for longer than one might anticipate) when sung.

3.  If you see three periods after a word or syllable, it stands for a 
fermata (pregnant pause).

4.  The Am chords in the 1st and 3rd line of the chorus can be played just as 
Am, or you may wish to add a walkdown on the low E string (0-3-2-1) the way 
they did it on my recording.

5. The B7 chord is slightly different in the last verse than it is in the 
rest of the song.  I put an asterisk there to note that it's different.  
While I am good at matching notes and chord combinations by ear, I do not 
know the names of many of the more obscure chords, but I can hear that it is 
played with an extra high note added (diminished 3rd?  I dunno... would a 
music theorist please chime in here?); here's the combination (from low E to 
high e):  224245  (may be less awkward if you just play the top 4 notes -- 
4245)

6.  As much as this chord notation may help you with playing the song, you 
will still need to listen to the recording to get the melody down.  It's not 
the easiest or most user-friendly melody, but once you get it, it sure is 
catchy!

7.  I have no idea why the last verse is missing, but I am just notating 
exactly what is on my recording (and no, the verse wasn't cut off by my 
recorder).  It works just fine with the tune, so you could certainly add it 
in if you wish...


CHORUS:
     A[Am]don o[Am]lam a[Am]sher mal[Am]ach, 
     [Am]Ai diddi [Dm]dai, diddi [E]dai dai dai dai [Am]dai
     Be[Am]te-rem [Am]kol ye[Am]tsir ni[Am]vra, 
     [Am]Ai, diddi [Dm]dai diddi [E]dai dai dai dai [Am]dai
     L'[Am]et-na-sa---   [Am]   v'[Dm]chef tso [Dm]kol, 
     [G7]Ai, dai, [G7]dai dai dai dai [C]dai dai dai   [E]
     A[Am]zai--- me---[Am]lech sh'[Dm]mo ni[Dm]kra, 
     [F]Ai dai [E7]dai dai dai dai [Am]dai   [Am]

Vei[Am]a---cha[Am]rai--- kich[Dm]lot ha-kol  [Dm]
Le[Am]va--- [Am]do--- yim[B7]loch--- no---[E]ra...
Ve[Am]hu--- ha[Am]ya--- ve[Dm]hu ho-veh---  [Dm]
Ve[B7]hu yih'yeh b'[B7]ti---fa---[E]ra... yai dai [E]dai dai dai dai...

(chorus)

Ve[Am]hu--- e[Am]chad--- v'[Dm]ein sheini   [Dm]
Le[Am]ham---shil [Am]lo--- le[B7]hach---bi---[E]ra...
Be[Am]li--- rei[Am]shee---t be[Dm]li tach-lit   [Dm]
V'[B7]lo ha oz v'[B7]ha---mis---[E]ra... yai dai [E]dai dai dai dai...

(chorus)

V'[Am]hu--- ei[Am]li--- ve[Am]chai go-a[Am]li---
V'[Am]tsu---r chev[Am]li--- b'[B7*]ei---t tsa---[E]ra...  
V'[Am]hu--- ni[Am]si u[Dm]ma---nos [Dm]li
Me[B7]nat kosi b'[B7]yo---m e---[E]kra... yai dai [E]dai dai dai dai...