Shovel By Shovel
© John Palme 2001

riff: F#  A  B  A-B-A  F#F#

    F#     A  B      A-B-A  F#F#
1)  Shovel by shovel,
    F#          A  B     A-B-A  F#F#
    I'm digging my grave.
    F#     A  B       A-B-A  F#F#    
    Minute by minute,
    F#          A  B   A-B-A  F#F#    
    I'm sealing my fate.
        B     D  E      D-E-D    BB
        Brick by brick,
        B    D  E      D-E-D    BB       
        nail by nail,
    F#       A  B      A-B-A  F#F#        
    pounding my coffin,
    F#       A  B      A-B-A  F#F#    
    building my jail.
        C#     E  F#     E-F#-E    C#C#   
        Shovel by shovel, 
        B   D  E    D-E-D    BB  
        day by day,
        F#  A     B       A-B-A  F#F#   
        let these waters
        F#          C#
        wash it all away.



2)  Link by link,
    I'm forging my chain.
    Bar by bar,
    I'm closing my cage.
        Plank by plank,
        I'm sealing my room,
    hiding away
    the sun and the moon.
        Link by link, day by day,
        let these waters wash it all away.


3)  Little by little,
    I'm leaving this jail.
    Inch by inch,
    I'm sewing a sail.
        Plank by plank,
        I'm building a boat.
    Shovel by shovel,
    I'm digging this moat.
        Little by little, day by day,
        join these waters and sail away.