Eicha Chords

[Intro]
F#m C#m
G#m C#m
 
 
[Verse 1]
C#m                            A
There once was a prince with a fire 

in his eyes
E                            B
And a palace he built of his dreams
C#m                      A
With towering visions of chasing the skies
E                               B
And the glory he'd bring to his King
 
 
[Pre chorus]
F#m                          A
But one day a black cloud of evil set in
G#m                       B           G#m
A storm washed the palace away in the wind
C#m                        F#m         A
And all that's left is the pain of one word
G#m            C#m
Written on his face
 
 
[Chorus]
         C#m                A
He cried איכה- how can this be
E                          B
This wasn't the life I was chosen to lead
C#m                 A
איכה- a question, a plea
E                             B
Can the fate that I am facing be my destiny
F#m
The words of a nation 

who wept bitter tears
C#m                           G#m
For their beautiful city, now gone, 

disappeared
F#m             G#m
They cried איכה
C#m
And their cry is alive
 
 
[Verse 2]
C#m
There once stood a palace
A
Bathed in a glow
E                           B
That only the heavens could gild
C#m
A place for the people
A
Hashem cherished so
E                       A
A mikdash they lovingly built
 
 
[Pre chorus]
F#m
But angry red flames
A
They devoured it all
G#m                       B
The city, the palace, the peace
C#m                F#m
As the heartbroken princes stood
A          G#m  C#m
Witnessing this tragedy
 
 
[Chorus]
    A        C#m
Oh- איכה ישבה בדד
E                            B
I am left here alone with no comfort 

in sorrow
C#m                   A
איכה - I just need to know
E                                
Will the dreams that I nourished 
     Bsus4   B
have hope of tomorrow
F#m
Yisrael I now understand your pain
C#m                G#m
Yisrael the cry is resounding again
F#m          G#m
In the איכה
                A     B
My broken heart cries
 
 
[Bridge]
C#m     G#m
איכה ישבה בדד,
C#m     G#m   C# Faug
העיר רבתי עם
C#m    F#m
הייתה כאלמנה
A
I weep with you now yerushalayim
G#7
As the churban that burned us
 
Persists to remain
 
 
[Chorus]
Bb        Dm
על אלה אני בוכיה
       F                  
As the tears of mourning, 
     C
pour forth from my heart
Bb        Dm
על אלה אני בוכיה
F                         
Over the ruins and rubble 
      C
of my hopes torn apart
Gm
בת ציון, you've asked it 

for years without cease
Dm                      
בת ציון, my heart joins 
     Bb
with yours to beseech
Gm          Am
Still איכה
Bb              C
How can this be
 
 
[Outro]
Gm Dm
 
Gm    Am           Bb  C
איכה, How can this be
Dm
How can this be