Biography:
Matisyahu ("Gift of God"), Hebrew stagename for Matthew Paul Miller ? 30 June 1979 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is a spiritually minded American-Jewish singer, beatboxer, singjay and songwriter. He grew up in White Plains, New York. His music is an interplay between reggae, rock, hip-hop, and reggae fusion. His debute studioalbum Shake Off the Dust... Arise was released 2004 and his latest, Akeda 2014. Well-known songs are King Without A Crown, One Day and Happy Hanukkah.
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Other songs:
- Happy Hanukkah
- Jerusalem
- King Without A Crown
- Live Like A Warrior
- Miracle
- One Day
- Sunshine
- Time Of Your Song
- Unity Ft Trevor Hall
- We Will Walk
- What I'm Fighting For
- A King Without a Crown
- Ancient Lullaby
- Bal Shem Tov
- Broken Car
- Circle Of Life
- Close My Eyes
- Crossroads
- Darkness Into Light
- Dispatch The Troops
- Escape
- Fire Of Heaven Altar Of Earth
- For You
- Got No Water
- I Will Be Light
- Indestructible
- Late Night In Zion
- Lord Raise Me Up
- Motivate
- On Nature
- Refuge
- Sea To Sea
- Shine On You
- Silence
- Smash Lies
- So Hi So Lo
- Struggla
- Thunder
- Unique Is My Dove
- Watching The Wheels
- What Im Fighting For
- Wp
- Youth
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
...REFUGE... by Matisyahu
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*from 'Live at Stubb's' (2005)*
Intro:
Bm7 Em7 F#m7
e|--7--10---------7---7-7--9---|
B|---------10--7------8-8--10--|
G|--------------------9-9--11--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
(Repeat Riff and Chords through Opening Speech)
Verse 1:
Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Ani auni vevyone, Hashem yashav li.
Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Ezrati, umafalti a -tau.
Bm7
You have been a refuge for me;
Em7 F#m7
A tower of strength, in the face of the enemy,
Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Enemy, enemy, enemy, oh yo.
Chorus 1:
Bm A
From the end of the earth, unto you I call;
G A
Time and a-gain I fall; back to you I crawl.
Bm A
You have been a refuge for me,
G C Bm7
A tower of strength, in the face of the enemy...
Em7 F#m7
Enemy lines, enemy lines.
Verse 2:
Bm7
I find I let myself get caught, too many times,
Em7 F#m7
Too many times, yeah, yeah.
Bm7
I gave my heart; I'm taking back what's mine,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Yet you saved my soul, from the other side, yeah, oh, oh...
Chorus 2:
Bm A
From the end of the earth, unto you I call;
G A
Time and a-gain I fall; back to you I crawl.
Bm A
You have been a refuge for me,
G C
A tower of strength, in the face of the enemy,
Bm
Enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy,
G A Bm A (n.C)
Enemy, enemy, enemy, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Solo:
Bm7, Em7 F#m7 (x12)
Chorus 3:
Bm A G
With you I smash a troop and with my God, I leap over a wall...
Bm A G A
May the King answer you, on the day that you call.
Bm A
Stand tall, battle yawl, from the clouds crawl low,
G A
Heavens lay; draped over New York shitty like a prayer shawl.
Bm A G C
The holy one, enthroned upon the praises of Isra-el.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Bm7 Em7 F#m7 Bm A G C
EADGBE EADGBE EAD GB E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
797777 x79787 x9119109 799777 577655 355433 x35553
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])
------------.............
*from 'Live at Stubb's' (2005)*
Intro:
Bm7 Em7 F#m7
e|--7--10---------7---7-7--9---|
B|---------10--7------8-8--10--|
G|--------------------9-9--11--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
(Repeat Riff and Chords through Opening Speech)
Verse 1:
Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Ani auni vevyone, Hashem yashav li.
Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Ezrati, umafalti a -tau.
Bm7
You have been a refuge for me;
Em7 F#m7
A tower of strength, in the face of the enemy,
Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Enemy, enemy, enemy, oh yo.
Chorus 1:
Bm A
From the end of the earth, unto you I call;
G A
Time and a-gain I fall; back to you I crawl.
Bm A
You have been a refuge for me,
G C Bm7
A tower of strength, in the face of the enemy...
Em7 F#m7
Enemy lines, enemy lines.
Verse 2:
Bm7
I find I let myself get caught, too many times,
Em7 F#m7
Too many times, yeah, yeah.
Bm7
I gave my heart; I'm taking back what's mine,
Em7 F#m7 Bm7 Em7 F#m7
Yet you saved my soul, from the other side, yeah, oh, oh...
Chorus 2:
Bm A
From the end of the earth, unto you I call;
G A
Time and a-gain I fall; back to you I crawl.
Bm A
You have been a refuge for me,
G C
A tower of strength, in the face of the enemy,
Bm
Enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy,
G A Bm A (n.C)
Enemy, enemy, enemy, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Solo:
Bm7, Em7 F#m7 (x12)
Chorus 3:
Bm A G
With you I smash a troop and with my God, I leap over a wall...
Bm A G A
May the King answer you, on the day that you call.
Bm A
Stand tall, battle yawl, from the clouds crawl low,
G A
Heavens lay; draped over New York shitty like a prayer shawl.
Bm A G C
The holy one, enthroned upon the praises of Isra-el.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Bm7 Em7 F#m7 Bm A G C
EADGBE EADGBE EAD GB E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
797777 x79787 x9119109 799777 577655 355433 x35553
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])
Matt Corby
Matt Costa
Matt Doyle
Matt Gilman
Matt Hires