Chords
Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
                  C  
I sell a line of plastics
                F                                 C  
And I travel on the road
                F                                    C  
And I have a case of samples
                     F                                 G  
Which believe me is a load
C  
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
Dm  
When the season's over
                  Em  
And my lonesome journey ends
                             Dm                         Em  
That's the only time I see
        Dm                              G  
My family and my friends
     C  
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!"
                C  
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
                  C  
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...
F  
Merowitz, Berowitz, Handelman, Schandelman
                                                             Bb                         C  
Sperber and Gerber and Steiner and Stone
F  
Boskowitz, Lubowitz, Aaronson, Baronson,
                                                                  Bb                            F  
Kleinman and Feinman and Friedman and Cohn
Gb  
Smallowitz, Wallowitz, Teitelbaum, Mandelbaum
                                                  B                    Db  
Levin, Levinsky, Levine and Levi
Gb  
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
          Db  
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
                at the "Smallowitz" key change  it makes it easier to play.
                        G/  C/  D/  G/  C/  G  
                        A/  D/  G/  D/  G/  Gbm/  Em/  A  
                        D/  G/  D/  G/  Gbm/  G/  A/  D