Victor Jara chords by Arlo Guthrie
Verse 1
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Words by Adrian Mitchell, music by Arlo
Guthrie
Verse 2
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Victor Jara of Chile
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Lived like a shooting star
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He fought for the people of Chile
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With his songs and his guitar
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His hands were gentle,
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his hands were strong
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Verse 3
Victor Jara was a peasant
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He worked from a few years old
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He sat upon his father's plow
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And watched the earth unfold
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His hands were gentle,
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his hands were strong
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Verse 4
Now when the neighbors had a wedding
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Or one of their children died
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His mother sang all night for them
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With Victor by her side
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His hands were gentle,
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his hands were strong
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Verse 5
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He grew up to be a fighter
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Against the people's wrongs
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He listened to their grief and joy
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And turned them into songs
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His hands were gentle,
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his hands were strong
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Verse 6
He sang about the copper miners
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And those who worked the land
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He sang about the factory workers
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And they knew he was their man
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His hands were gentle,
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his hands were strong
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Verse 7
He campaigned for Allende
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Working night and day
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He sang "Take hold of
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your brothers hand
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You know the future begins today"
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His hands were gentle,
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his hands were strong
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Verse 8
Then the generals seized Chile
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They arrested Victor then
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They caged him in a stadium
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With five-thousand
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frightened frightened men
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His hands were gentle,
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his hands were strong
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Verse 9
Victor stood in the stadium
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His voice was brave and strong
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And he sang for his fellow prisoners
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Till the guards cut short his song
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His hands were gentle,
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his hands were strong
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Verse 10
They broke the bones in both his hands
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They beat him on the head
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They tore him with electric shocks
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And then they shot him dead
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His hands were gentle,
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his hands were strong
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Verse 11
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Repeat first verse
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Victor Jara
Arlo Guthrie
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