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Hava Nagila
Israeli Folk Song, Words by Abraham Zevi Idelsohn - 1918
Part 1:
G - - -
Cm - G              Fm G
G - - -
Cm - G              Fm G
Part 2:
G - Fm -
- - G               Fm G
G - Fm -
- - G               Fm G
Part 3:
Cm - -               Fm6 Cm             Fm6
Cm              Cm7 Ab              Cm -               Cm7 Ab              Cm
Fm6            G7 Fm6 -                G7 Fm6
G - G7 Cm         (repeat)
16-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
Tempo increases gradually.
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Part 1:
Hava nagila, hava nagila,
Hava nagila venis'mecha,
Hava nagila, hava nagila,
Hava nagila venis'mecha.
 
Part 2:
Hava neranena, hava neranena,
Hava neranena venis'mecha,
Hava neranena, hava neranena,
Hava neranena venis'mecha.
 
Part 3:
Uru, Uru achim,
Uru achim belev sameach, Uru achim belev sameach,
Uru achim belev sameach, Uru achim belev sameach,
Uru achim! Uru achim! belev sameach.
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Eddie Davis explains "Hava Nagila" on the tenor banjo (youtube)
 
Listen to Georgette Twain play "Hava Nagila" on the plectrum banjo (mp3)
 
Listen to Your Father's Mustache band perform "Hava Nagila" (youtube)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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