Key: B major
Intro 1
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
Verse 1
a kid out behind the fair
Worked with light and lightning
in the summer air
His eyes were wild with the truth he told
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G
D
Am
thunder rolled
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Am
Too young not to understand
I would cry
He took command on a winter's day
And all across the land,
Dsus4
D
spring was on it's way
It struck fear into the hearts of fools
Breaking up the gangs,
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D
Am
breaking all their rules
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Am
Too young not to understand
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Am
D
I was proud to say I shook his hand
I shook his hand
Of every man, woman,
Oh, who'll live to see the day
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C
D
G
C
Am
Well, I shook his hand
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For years they tried to kill him, he finally died
I still remember how I felt
while my mama cried
I threw up with a bullet in my breast
If you know it or not,
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D
Am
so do all the rest
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Am
Do you not understand how proud
each eye's an ocean
That the man, woman,
Oh, who'll live to see the day
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C
when love can exhaust us
Am
Take a step out in this land I'll be proud
I shook his hand
I shook his hand
Outro 1
I shook his hand
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C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD Dsus4 G Am C
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