Tradition (Fiddler on the Roof)

 137. Tradition (Fiddler on the Roof) 

Tradition, tradition! Tradition! Tradition, tradition! Tradition!

C (I) Who, day and night, must scramble for a living, [Db] Feed a wife and children, C (I) say his daily prayers? And C (I) who has the right, as master of the house, To [Db] have the final word at C (I) home?

C (I) The Papa, the [Db] Papa! C (I) Tradition. The C (I) Papa, [Db] the Papa! 

C (I) Tradition!

C (I) Who must know the way to make a proper home, a [Db] quiet home, 

a C (I) kosher home? C (I) Who must raise the family and run the home, so [Db] Papa's free to read the holy C (I) book? 

The C (I) Mama, the [Db] Mama! 

C (I) Tradition! The C (I) Mama, [Db] the Mama! C (I) Tradition!

At C (I) three, I started Hebrew school. At [Db] ten, I learned a C (I) trade.

I C (I) hear they've picked a bride for me. I [Db] hope she's C (I) pretty.

The C (I) sons, the [Db] sons! C (I) Tradition! The C (I) sons, [Db] the sons! 

C (I) Tradition!

And C (I) who does Mama teach to [Db] mend and tend and C (I) fix,

Pre- C (I) paring me to marry who- [Db] ever Papa C (I) picks?

The C (I) daughters, the [Db] daughters! C (I) Tradition!

The C (I) daughters, [Db] the daughters! C (I) Tradition!

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