Victor Jara

Arlo Guthrie

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D Dsus4 D Victor Jara of Chile
G D Lived like a shooting star
G D He fought for the people of Chile
Em G With his songs and his guitar
Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, his
D hands were strong [Verse 2]
D Dsus4 D Victor Jara was a peasant
G D Who worked from a few years old
G D He sat upon his father's plow
Em G And watched the earth unfold
Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, his
D hands were strong [Verse 3]
D Dsus4 D Now when the neighbors had a wedding
G D Or one of their children died
G D His mother sang all night for them
Em G With Victor by her side
Bm A G His hands were gentle, his hands
D were strong [Verse 4]
D Dsus4 D He grew up to be a fighter
G D Against the people's wrongs
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G D He listened to their grief and joy
Em G And turned them into songs
Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, his
D hands were strong [Verse 5]
D Dsus4 D He sang about the copper miners
G D And those who worked the land
G D He sang about the factory workers
Em G And they knew he was their man
Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, his
D hands were strong [Verse 6]
D Dsus4 D He campaigned for Allende
G D Working night and day
G He sang, "take hold of your
D brother's hand
Em G The future begins today"
Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, his
D hands were strong [Verse 7]
D Dsus4 D Then the generals seized Chile
G D They arrested Victor then
G D They caged him in a stadium
Em G With five thousand frightened men
Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, his
D hands were strong [Verse 8]
D Dsus4 D Victor stood in the stadium
G D His voice was brave and strong
G D And he sang for his fellow prisoners
Em G 'Til the guards cut short his song
Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, his
D hands were strong [Verse 9]
D Dsus4 D They broke the bones in both his hands
G D They beat him on the head
G D They tore him with electric shocks
Em G And then they shot him dead
Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, his
D hands were strong [Verse 10]
D Dsus4 D Victor Jara of Chile
G D Lived like a shooting star
G And he fought for the people of
D Chile Em g With his songs and his guitar
Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, his
D hands were strong
Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, his
D hands were strong
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Composición: Arlo Guthrie y Mitchel Adrian

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