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                        I SHOOK HIS HAND - Peter Case
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Written by: Peter Case
CD: "Peter Case"          (1986, Geffen Records)

Tabbed by: Anne Drury   (zerofret)
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com
Date: April 3, 2006

INTRO:

F#  E    (8x)


1ST VERSE:

F#       E         F#       E
I was a kid out behind the fair
     F#               E              F#      E      F#  E  (2x)
His words were like lightning in the summer air
F#             E             F#       E
His eyes were wild with the truth he told
 F#               E              F#      B          F#  E  (4x)
Holding back the rain while the thunder rolled
 E
Too young not to understand
       C#                       F#  E     F#  E  (3x)
I was proud to say I shook his hand


2ND VERSE:

F#          E        F#        E
He took command on a winter's day
    F#              E              F#      E      F#  E  (2x)
And all across the land spring was on its way
F#         E             F#        E
He struck fear into the hearts of fools
 F#            E              F#         B        F#  E  (4x)
Rakin' up the gangs, breakin' all their rules
 E
Too young not to understand
       C#                       F#  E     F#
I was proud to say I shook his hand
    E        F#  E     F#  E
I shook his hand


BRIDGE:

      B
Each tongue is a world, each eye is an ocean
          B                         F#     E         F#  E  (3x)
Of every man, woman, child here in living motion
      B
Now, who will protect us, who will perfect us?
     B                                 F#  E    F#     E     F#  E  (2x)
Oh, who will live to see the day when love connects us?
 E
Who'd take a step out in this land
        C#                       F#  E     F#
I'd be proud to say I shook his hand
    E        F#  E
I shook his hand
F#        E
Well, I shook his hand


BREAK:   (chords for harmonica solo)

B   (4 measures)       F#  E  (4x)

B   (4 measures)       E   (2 measures)   C#   (2 measures)

F#  E  (4x)


3RD VERSE:

     F#                  E                F#      E
For years they tried to kill him, and he finally died
           F#           E            F#     E       F#  E  (2x)
I still remember how I felt while my mama cried
   F#             E     F#      E
I grew up with a bullet in my breast
        F#         E          F#       B       F#  E  (4x)
If you know it or not, so did all the rest
 E
Too young not to understand
       C#                       F#  E     F#
I was proud to say I shook his hand
    E        F#  E     F#  E
I shook his hand


BRIDGE:

      B
Each tongue is a world, each eye is an ocean
          B                         F#     E         F#  E  (3x)
Of every man, woman, child here in living motion
      B
Now, who will select us, who will perfect us?
     B                                 F#  E    F#     E     F#  E  (2x)
Oh, who will live to see the day when love connects us?
 E
Who'd take a step out in this land
        C#                       F#  E     F#
I'd be proud to say I shook his hand
    E        F#  E     F#
I shook his hand
    E        F#  E
I shook his hand
 F#       E        F#  E
Well, I shook his hand


F#  E  (7x)

B  (2 measures)   F#

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(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song.)