Chords for Peter Case - 5 - I Shook His Hand (1986)

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I was a kid out behind the fair, he worked the light, lighting in the summer air.
_ _ _ His life was wild, but the truth he told, pulled him back the rain while the thunder _ [A] rolled.
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Too young, not gonna [C#m] stand, I would cry.
The flare shook [F#] his hand. _ _ _ _ _
He took the man on a winter's day, all God's land, spring was on its way.
_ _ _ He stroked fear through the hearts of fools, breaking up the gangs, breaking all their _ [B] _ _ [F#m] rules.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] Too young, not gonna understand, I would [C#m] cry.
The flare shook his [F#]
hand.
I shook his hand.
_ [B] He took us to a world where each eye's an ocean, _ of every man, woman, child, [F#] he would live in motion.
_ _ _ _ Now [B] who will protect us, who will perfect us?
Oh, who will live to see [F#] the day when love connects us?
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Who takes their vow [C#m] in this land, I'll be proud.
To say I [F#] shook his hand.
_ Shook his hand.
Well, I [B] shook his hand.
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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
For years they tried to kill him, he'd finally died.
I still remember how I felt while my mama cried.
I _ _ threw a bullet through my breast, if you know it or not, I'll put it all to rest. _ _
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Too young, not gonna understand, [C#m] I would cry.
_ The flare [F#] shook his hand.
_ I shook his hand.
_ [B] He took us to a world where each eye's an ocean, of every man, woman, [F#] child, he would live in motion.
_ _ _ _ [B] Now who will protect us, who will perfect us?
Oh, who will [F#] live to see the day when love connects us?
_ _ _ [E]
Who takes their vow in this land, [C#m] I'll be proud.
To say I shook [F#] his hand.
_ I shook his hand.
I shook his hand.
Well, I shook his hand. _ _ _
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