The Shake Of A Hand Chords
by Adam Harvey
The Shake Of A Hand by Adam Harvey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Dsus, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tabbed by: Emrldeyzs
VERSE 1:
G
Today Granddad came by the office
C
Amazed at all the papers that I sign
G
I told him that's how we do business
C
I'm just a product of modern times
He shook his head and then said
D C
I don't understand how all these deals are done
It just don't make no sense to me
D
To deal with people you don't see
C D C D Dsus
We did it so much differently when I was young
C G
When the shake of a hand
D G
Was all you really needed
C G D Dsus D
The strength of a man was in his words
C G
When you could look him in the eye
D G D Em
And know just where you stand
C D G
Men were made on the shake of a hand
VERSE 2:
G
Well I put down my pen down and closed up early
C
We drank a beer and talked of times he's had
G
He reminisced when he proposed to Nanna
C
And how he got permission from her dad
He smiled and said I won't forget
D C
The hardest hand I ever had to shake
I told him I'd take care of her
D
And through the years I kept my word
C D C D Dsus
Son we said just what we meant Back in those days
C G
When the shake of a hand
D G
Was all you really needed
C G D Dsus D
The strength of a man was in his words
C G
When you could look him in the eye
D G D Em
And know just where you stand
C D G
Men were made on the shake of a hand
INSTR: C D C C D Am D C D Dsus D
CHORUS:
C G
The shake of a hand
D G
Was all you really needed
C G D Dsus D
The strength of a man was in his word
C G
When you could look him in the eye
D G D Em
And know just where you stand
C D Em
Men were made on the shake of a hand
C D Dsus D G
Oh Men were made on the shake of a hand