Chords for Carrie Newcomer - One Woman and a Shovel

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Martin walked right down to the dam,
Home and a shovel [Bb] and he'd her hands,
[F] She was bound to dig for every woman and man,
A child who lay sick with fever.
The government man said,
Dear, maybe there's some sweet place in [Bb] Portsby,
Somewhere, [F] someone,
If you drown in this valley,
Doesn't help both the ponds,
When they've drowned their lovely colleagues.
The waters grew black and the sickness came,
They hung their [Bb] heads with [F] tremendous shame,
Martin said,
There's only us to blame,
And he took up the shovel,
And oh good Lord,
He took up the shovel and oh,
When [F] it's time to stand up and set things right,
The whole world plays [Bb] doomsaw.
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Never doubt,
Question the power of love,
For one woman with a shovel, _
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Along came Elizabeth, Sarah and Rose,
Eva, Clara and Ruth,
[F] Some came with picks and shovels,
And some came with a rodger's screw,
Then came Calvin, Eli and Scott,
Dylan, David [Bb] and [F] Bob,
And together the fog,
Some came up,
They tore down the christened wall,
Yes, yes,
They tore down the christened wall,
When it's time to stand up and set things right,
The whole world [Bb] plays doomsaw.
_ [F] Never doubt,
Question the power of love,
For one woman with a shovel,
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_ _ _ _ They finally bled it,
That blood's out,
The day's safe and ready to land,
On the single stone.
Jury or judge,
They could find the jail,
And no, no,
They could find the jail now.
It's hard to walk right down through the dam,
Oh, when a shovel [Bb] held [F] Eva her hand,
To the fountain for every woman and man,
A child who lays sick would be her.
When it's time to stand up and set things right,
The whole world's [Bb] wasting them trouble.
_ _ [F] Never doubt,
Question the power of love,
For one woman with a shovel,
Never doubt,
Question the power of love,
For one woman with a shovel,
One woman with a shovel, _
One woman with a shovel,
Yeah,
[Bb] One woman with a shovel. _
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