Chords for Sara Lee Guthrie & Caitlin Stubbs - 'Victor Jara'

_ We're gonna do a song that my grandpa Adrian Victor wrote for her band, Arno Guthrie. _ _
It's all [Ab] completely coincidental, right?
We're playing together.
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_ _ [G] Victor Harlan _ of [C] Chile _
_ [G] _ _ [C] Lives like a chilling _ [G] star _
_ _ [C] He followed the people of [G] Chile _ _
_ With [A] his songs and [Em] his [C] guitar
His [Em] hands were gentle, [D] _
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[C] his [G] hands were strong _ _
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_ _ Victor Harlan _ was a peasant _
_ _ [C] He worked from a few years [G] _ old
_ _ _ _ He stood upon his _ father's farm
[Am] And watched the earth _ [C] unfold
[Em] His hands [D] were gentle, _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] his hands [G] were strong
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_ _ When the neighbors _ had a wedding _
_ _ _ [C] One of the children _ [G] died _
_ _ [C] His mother sang all [G] night for them
[Am] With Victor by her [C] side
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His hands were [D] gentle, _
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his [B] hands were [G] strong _
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_ He grew up to be a fighter _
_ _ _ [C] He'd go against the people's [G] draws _
_ _ [C] He'd listen to [G] their grief and joy
[Am] And turn them into _ [G] songs
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His hands [D] were gentle, _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] his hands were [G] strong _
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_ When he sang about the copper _ _ miners
_ [C] And those who worked
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_ He [C] sang about the factory [G] _ workers
_ And [Am] they knew they were to [C] stand
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His hands were [D] gentle, _ _ _ _ _ [E] his [G] hands were strong _
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_ _ He'd pay for a handy _ _
_ _ _ [C] Working night [G] and day _
_ [C] He sang, take hold [G] of your _ brother's hand
The [A] future _
[Am] begins [C] today _
[Em] His hands were [D] gentle, _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] his hands [G] were strong _
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_ When the _ generals seized Chile _
_ They [C] _ arrested _ Victor [G] then _
_ They [C] _ caged him in a _ [G] stadium
_ With [Am] five thousand frightened _ [D] men
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His hands were [D] gentle, _ _ his _ _ _ hands were strong _
He _ [G] _ _ _
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stood in the stadium
_ _ [C] His voice was brave and [G] strong _
_ _ [C] He sang for his fellow _ [G] _
prisoners
And [Am] all the guards cut short his [C] song _
[Em] His hands [D] were gentle _
_ _ [G] They _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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broke the bones in both his hands
_ [C] They _ beat him on [G] the head
_ _ [C] They tore him with _ [G] electric shocks
[Am] And then they shot him [C] dead _
[Em] _ _ [D] His hands were gentle, _ _ his _ _ _
[Bm] _ hands were [G] strong _ _
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_ Victor Jara _ _ of Chile _ _
_ [C] He lived like a shooting _ [G] star _
_ [C] He fought for the people of [G] Chile _
And with his [Am] songs and his [C] guitar
_ His hands [D] were gentle, _ _
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[Em] _ _ his _ _ [A] hands were [D] gentle
His _ _ _ _ [C] _
hands [G] were gentle, _ his hands were strong
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