They Might Be Giants - Women And Men

tuning : standard

artist : they might be giants
album : flood
year : 1990

verse 1 :
G C
when the ship runs out of ocean

G D
and the vessel runs aground

Em C D G
land’s where we know the boat is found

G C
now there’s nothing unexpected

G D
about the water giving out

Em C D G
“land”’s not a word we have to shout

D C
but there’s something beside the shoreline

G C
moving up from the beachhead

D C
coming up from the shipwreck

G D
making as if to say

chorus :
G C G D
women and men

G C G
women and men

G C G D
women and men

G C G
women and men

bridge :
D
( women and men ) bringing with them messages of love

G C G D
and everywhere they go , love will grow ( love will grow )

D
( women and men ) when you see the faces of the women

G C D
and the men , you too will know ( you will know )

verse 2 :
G C
women and men have crossed the ocean

G D
they now begin to pour

Em C D G
out from the boat and up the shore

G C
two by two they enter the jungle

G D
and soon they number more

Em C D G
three by three as well as four by four

D C
soon the stream of people gets wider

G C
then it becomes a river

D C
river becomes an ocean

G D
carrying ships that bear

chorus :
G C G D
women and men

G C G
women and men

G C G D
women and men

G C G
women and men