When the G ship runs out of C ocean
And the G vessel runs a-D ground
Em Land’s where we C know the D boat is G found
Now there’s G nothing unex-C pected
About the G water giving D out
Em Land’s not a C word we D have to G shout

But there’s D something beside the C shoreline
G Moving across the C beachhead
D Coming up from the C shipwreck
G Making as if to D say

Women and G men C G D
Women and G men C G
Women and G men C G D
Women and G men C G

(Women and D men) Bringing with them messages of love
And every-G where they C go, G love will D grow
(Women and D men) When you see the faces of the women
And the G men, you C too will D know

Women and G men have crossed the C ocean
They G now begin to D pour
Em Out from the C boat and D up the G shore
Two by G two they enter the C jungle
And G soon they number D more
Em Three by three as C well as D four by G four

Soon the D stream of people gets C wider
G Then it becomes a C river
D River becomes an C ocean
G Carrying ships that D bear

Women and G men C G D
Women and G men C G
Women and G men C G D
Women and G men C G – G