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Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand
Words and Music by Gene MacLellan, 1971
These are the chords as I hear them from Superhits of the '70s - Volume 4 as
performed by Ocean.  I take no credit for this whatsoever.  I only wrote down the
words and chords as I heard them.  Feel free to do whatever you want with this.
[Chords used]
A        EX B0 G2 D2 A2 E0
A7       X 0 2 0 2 0
A#       X 1 3 3 3 1
A#dim(7) X X 2 3 2 3
B        X 2 4 4 4 2
Bm       X 2 4 4 3 2
B7       X 2 1 2 0 2
D        X 0 0 2 3 2
D#dim(7) X X 1 2 1 2
E        0 2 2 1 0 0
E7       0 2 0 1 0 0
F#m      2 4 4 2 2 2
        -------------
[CHORUS 1] (Key of E)
EPut your hand in the hand of the man Who stilled the B7water
Put your F#mhand in the hand of the Bman Who calmed the Esea
                                           E7                 A  A#dim(7)
Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others differently,
By puttin? your Ehand in the hand of the Bman from the AGalileEe!A  E  B  
[VERSE 1] (Key of E)
EEvery time I look into the holy book I want to B7tremble
When I F#mread about the part where the Bcarpenter cleared the Etemple
                                                                E7              A  A#dim(7)
For the buyers and the sellers were no different fellas than what I profess to be,
And it Ecauses me shame to know we're Bnot the people Awe should Ebe!A  E  
[CHORUS 2] (Key of A)
So put your Ahand in the hand of the man Who stilled the E7water
Put your Bmhand in the hand of the Eman Who calmed the Asea
                                           A7                 D  D#dim(7)
Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others differently,
By puttin? your Ahand in the hand of the Eman from the DGalileAe!D  A  E  
[VERSE 2] (Key of A)
My mamma Ataught me how to pray before I reached the age of E7seven
AShe A#said, "EThere?ll come a time when there'll probably be room in Aheaven!"
                                                        A7                 D  D#dim(7)
But I?m feeling kinda guilty ?bout the number of times to do what we must do,
But we forAget what he said when we Efigured that He?d Dstill make Aroom!D  A  
[CHORUS 3] (Key of A)
So! EYa gotta put your Ahand in the hand of the man Who stilled the E7water
Put your Bmhand in the hand of the Eman Who calmed the Asea
                                           A7                 D  D#dim(7)
Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others differently,
By puttin? your Ahand in the hand of the Eman from the DGalileAe!D  A  E  
[CHORUS 2] (Key of A)
So put your Ahand in the hand of the man Who stilled the E7water
Put your Bmhand in the hand of the Eman Who calmed the Asea
                                           A7                 D  D#dim(7)
Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others differently,
By puttin? your Ahand in the hand of the Eman from the DGalileAe!D  A  E  

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Put Your Hand In The Hand

by Ocean

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F#m

A#dim

D#dim

Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand

Words and Music by Gene MacLellan, 1971

These are the chords as I hear them from Superhits of the '70s - Volume 4 as

performed by Ocean. I take no credit for this whatsoever. I only wrote down the

words and chords as I heard them. Feel free to do whatever you want with this.

[Chords used]

E B G D A E

A X 0 2 2 2 0

A7 X 0 2 0 2 0

A# X 1 3 3 3 1

A#dim(7) X X 2 3 2 3

B X 2 4 4 4 2

Bm X 2 4 4 3 2

B7 X 2 1 2 0 2

D X 0 0 2 3 2

D#dim(7) X X 1 2 1 2

E 0 2 2 1 0 0

E7 0 2 0 1 0 0

F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2

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[CHORUS 1] (Key of E)

E B7

Put your hand in the hand of the man Who stilled the water

F#m B E

Put your hand in the hand of the man Who calmed the sea

E7 A A#dim

(7)

Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others differently,

E B A E A E B

By puttin? your hand in the hand of the man from the Galilee!

[VERSE 1] (Key of E)

E B7

Every time I look into the holy book I want to tremble

F#m B E

When I read about the part where the carpenter cleared the temple

E7 A A#dim

(7)

For the buyers and the sellers were no different fellas than what I profess to be,

E B A E A E

And it causes me shame to know we're not the people we should be!

[CHORUS 2] (Key of A)

A E7

So put your hand in the hand of the man Who stilled the water

Bm E A

Put your hand in the hand of the man Who calmed the sea

A7 D D#dim

(7)

Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others differently,

A E D A D A E

By puttin? your hand in the hand of the man from the Galilee!

[VERSE 2] (Key of A)

A E7

My mamma taught me how to pray before I reached the age of seven

A A# E A

She said, "There?ll come a time when there'll probably be room in heaven!"

A7 D D#dim

(7)

But I?m feeling kinda guilty ?bout the number of times to do what we must do,

A E D A D A

But we forget what he said when we figured that He?d still make room!

[CHORUS 3] (Key of A)

E A E7

So! Ya gotta put your hand in the hand of the man Who stilled the water

Bm E A

Put your hand in the hand of the man Who calmed the sea

A7 D D#dim

(7)

Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others differently,

A E D A D A E

By puttin? your hand in the hand of the man from the Galilee!

[CHORUS 2] (Key of A)

A E7

So put your hand in the hand of the man Who stilled the water

Bm E A

Put your hand in the hand of the man Who calmed the sea

A7 D D#dim

(7)

Take a look at yourself, and you can look at others differently,

A E D A D A E

By puttin? your hand in the hand of the man from the Galilee!

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