Victor Jara
Arlo Guthrie
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D Dsus4 D Victor Jara of ChileG D Lived like a shooting starG D He fought for the people of ChileEm G With his songs and his guitarBm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, hisD hands were strong [Verse 2]D Dsus4 D Victor Jara was a peasantG D Who worked from a few years oldG D He sat upon his father's plowEm G And watched the earth unfoldBm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, hisD hands were strong [Verse 3]D Dsus4 D Now when the neighbors had a weddingG D Or one of their children diedG D His mother sang all night for themEm G With Victor by her sideBm A G His hands were gentle, his handsD were strong [Verse 4]D Dsus4 D He grew up to be a fighterG D Against the people's wrongsContinúa después del anuncioG D He listened to their grief and joyEm G And turned them into songsBm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, hisD hands were strong [Verse 5]D Dsus4 D He sang about the copper minersG D And those who worked the landG D He sang about the factory workersEm G And they knew he was their manBm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, hisD hands were strong [Verse 6]D Dsus4 D He campaigned for AllendeG D Working night and dayG He sang, "take hold of yourD brother's handEm G The future begins today"Bm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, hisD hands were strong [Verse 7]D Dsus4 D Then the generals seized ChileG D They arrested Victor thenG D They caged him in a stadiumEm G With five thousand frightened menBm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, hisD hands were strong [Verse 8]D Dsus4 D Victor stood in the stadiumG D His voice was brave and strongG D And he sang for his fellow prisonersEm G 'Til the guards cut short his songBm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, hisD hands were strong [Verse 9]D Dsus4 D They broke the bones in both his handsG D They beat him on the headG D They tore him with electric shocksEm G And then they shot him deadBm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, hisD hands were strong [Verse 10]D Dsus4 D Victor Jara of ChileG D Lived like a shooting starG And he fought for the people ofD Chile Em g With his songs and his guitarBm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, hisD hands were strongBm A Asus4 A G His hands were gentle, hisD hands were strong