VERSE 1: G5 Today Granddad came by the office C5 Amazed at all the papers that I sign G5 I told him that's how we do business C5 I'm just a product of modern times He shook his head and then said D5 C5 I don't understand how all these deals are done It just don't make no sense to me D5 To deal with people you don't see C5 D5 C5 D5 D5 We did it so much differently when I was young C5 G5 When the shake of a hand D5 G5 Was all you really needed C5 G5 D5 D5 D5 The strength of a man was in his words C5 G5 When you could look him in the eye D5 G5 D5 E5 And know just where you stand C5 D5 G5 Men were made on the shake of a hand VERSE 2: G5 Well I put down my pen down and closed up early C5 We drank a beer and talked of times he's had G5 He reminisced when he proposed to Nanna C5 And how he got permission from her dad He smiled and said I won't forget D5 C5 The hardest hand I ever had to shake I told him I'd take care of her D5 And through the years I kept my word C5 D5 C5 D5 D5 Son we said just what we meant Back in those days C5 G5 When the shake of a hand D5 G5 Was all you really needed C5 G5 D5 D5 D5 The strength of a man was in his words C5 G5 When you could look him in the eye D5 G5 D5 E5 And know just where you stand C5 D5 G5 Men were made on the shake of a hand INSTR: C5 D5 C5 C5 D5 A5 D5 C5 D5 D5 D5 CHORUS: C5 G5 The shake of a hand D5 G5 Was all you really needed C5 G5 D5 D5 D5 The strength of a man was in his word C5 G5 When you could look him in the eye D5 G5 D5 E5 And know just where you stand C5 D5 E5 Men were made on the shake of a hand C5 D5 D5 D5 G5 Oh Men were made on the shake of a hand