Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max Cifras

  C
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 
 
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
 
 
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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