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         D
His hands were gentle,  his 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          D
His hands were gentle,   his 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          D
His hands were gentle, his hands were strong

[Verse 4]
D             Dsus4 D
He grew up to be a  fighter
G                    D
Against the people's wrongs
G                    D
He listened to their grief and joy
    Em               G
And turned them into songs
    Bm         A  Asus4  A   G          D
His hands were gentle,   his 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          D
His hands were gentle,   his hands were strong

[Verse 6]
D             Dsus4 D
He campaigned for   Allende
G                 D
Working night and day
G                           D
He sang, "take hold of your brother's hand
    Em               G
The future begins today"
    Bm         A  Asus4  A   G          D
His hands were gentle,   his 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          D
His hands were gentle,   his 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          D
His hands were gentle,   his 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          D
His hands were gentle,   his hands were strong

[Verse 10]
D           Dsus4 D
Victor Jara of    Chile
G                     D
Lived like a shooting star
       G                        D
And he fought for the people of Chile
         Em            g
With his songs and his guitar
    Bm         A  Asus4  A   G          D
His hands were gentle,   his hands were strong
    Bm         A  Asus4  A   G          D
His hands were gentle,   his hands were strong