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Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max

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I Csell a line of plastics
And I Ftravel on the Croad
And I Fhave a case of Emsamples
Which beFlieve me is a Gload 
CEvery night a strange cafe
A Fstrange hotel and Cthen
FEarly in the Emmorning
I am Fon the Groad Cagain 
DmWhen the season's over
And my Emlonesome journey ends
That's the Dmonly time I Emsee
My Dmfamily and my Gfriends 
I Cdrive up Ocean Parkway
And beFfore I stop the Ccar
My Fma leans out the Emwindow
And she Fhollers, "Here Gwe Care!" 
Shake Chands with your Uncle Max, mein boy
And Fhere is your sister CShirl
And Fhere is your cousin EmIsabel
That's DmIrving's oldest Ggirl
And do Cyou remember the Tishman twins
FGerald and JeCrome
We Fall came out to Cgreet you
And to Fwish you Gwelcome Chome 
Meet...
FMerowitz, Berowitz, Handelman, Schandelman
Sperber and Gerber and BbSteiner and CStone
FBoskowitz, Lubowitz, Aaronson, Baronson,
Kleinman and Feinman and BbFriedman and FCohn 
GbSmallowitz, Wallowitz, Teitelbaum, Mandelbaum
Levin, Levinsky, LeBvine and DbLevi
GbBrumburger, Schlumburger, Minkus and Pinkus
And Stein with an "e-i" and BStyne with a Gb"y" 
AbShake Dbhands with your Uncle Sol mein boy
And Gbhere is your brother DbSid
And Gbhere is your cousin FmYetta
Who exEbmpects another Abkid 
WhenDbever you're on the road mein boy
WherGbever you may Dbroam
We'll Gball be here when Fmyou come back
To Gbwish you Abwelcome Dbhome
Note: personally, I prefer to go up a full step, not a half step,
      at the "Smallowitz" key change; it makes it easier to play.
      For that version, the chords for the final three stanzas are:
          G/  C/  D/  G/  C/ G  
          A/  D/  G/  D/  G/  Gbm/  Em/ A  
          D/  G/  D/  G/  Gbm/  G/  A/ D  

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Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max

by Allan Sherman

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Ebm

Gbm

I sell a line of plastics

F C

And I travel on the road

F Em

And I have a case of samples

F G

Which believe me is a load

Every night a strange cafe

F C

A strange hotel and then

F Em

Early in the morning

F G C

I am on the road again

When the season's over

And my lonesome journey ends

Dm Em

That's the only time I see

Dm G

My family and my friends

I drive up Ocean Parkway

F C

And before I stop the car

F Em

My ma leans out the window

F G C

And she hollers, "Here we are!"

Shake hands with your Uncle Max, mein boy

F C

And here is your sister Shirl

F Em

And here is your cousin Isabel

Dm G

That's Irving's oldest girl

And do you remember the Tishman twins

F C

Gerald and Jerome

F C

We all came out to greet you

F G C

And to wish you welcome home

Meet...

Merowitz, Berowitz, Handelman, Schandelman

Bb C

Sperber and Gerber and Steiner and Stone

Boskowitz, Lubowitz, Aaronson, Baronson,

Bb F

Kleinman and Feinman and Friedman and Cohn

Smallowitz, Wallowitz, Teitelbaum, Mandelbaum

B Db

Levin, Levinsky, Levine and Levi

Brumburger, Schlumburger, Minkus and Pinkus

B Gb

And Stein with an "e-i" and Styne with a "y"

Ab Db

Shake hands with your Uncle Sol mein boy

Gb Db

And here is your brother Sid

Gb Fm

And here is your cousin Yetta

Ebm Ab

Who expects another kid

Whenever you're on the road mein boy

Gb Db

Wherever you may roam

Gb Fm

We'll all be here when you come back

Gb Ab Db

To wish you welcome home

Note: personally, I prefer to go up a full step, not a half step,

at the "Smallowitz" key change; it makes it easier to play.

For that version, the chords for the final three stanzas are:

G C D G C G

/ / / / /

A D G D G Gbm Em A

/ / / / / / /

D G D G Gbm G A D

/ / / / / / /

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