Lecha Dodi Chords

KeyEm Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays474

Lecha Dodi by Shlomo Carlebach is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Em, Am, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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I. Low Part 

Em Am Em 
Lecha dodi 

Em Am     Em 
Likrat kallah 

Em D      Em    D   Em 
Penei shabbat nekab'lah 


II.  High Part 

G                        Am 
Shamor vezachor bedibbur echad 

Am               G 
Hishmianu el hameyuhad 

G               Am  
Hashem Echad ushmo echad 

Am                    Em 
Leshem ulesiferes velisehilah 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante