A Shovel Is A Prayer chords by Carrie Newcomer

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D MajorD C majorC G+G  D MajorD C majorC G+G

Verse:
 D MajorD            A augmentedA
A majorA shovel is a prayer to a farmer's foot
    B minorBm                 C majorC  G+G
When he steps down and the soft earth gives way
 D MajorD             A augmentedA
A majorA baby is a prayer when it's finally asleep
 B minorBm            C majorC   G+G
A augmentedA whispered, 'Amen' at the end of day

Verse:
   C majorC      G+G        FF   G+G  C majorC
And a friend is a prayer when they bring over soup
     G+G              D MajorD
When they laugh at your jokes and they don't ask for proof
    C majorC       G+G     FF  G+G  C majorC
It's a song that you sing when you are alone
      G+G         A augmentedA
When you're weary or lonely or that far from home

Instrumental:
D MajorD C majorC G+G  D MajorD C majorC G+G  E minorEm

Chorus:
                      A augmentedA  E minorEm
For all your searching, there's nothing to do
                 B minorBm     C majorC
What you've been looking for, is looking for you

Verse:
    D MajorD               A augmentedA
I'm the prodigal daughter, you're the dissonant son
      B minorBm               C majorC     G+G
We've been washed in rainwater, we're the fortunate ones
    D MajorD            A augmentedA
On the other side of midnight, just before the dawn
    B minorBm             C majorC       G+G
You can feel it coming up when the long night is done

Verse:
    C majorC    G+G       FF   G+G    C majorC
It's as heavy as grief and it's weightless as smoke
     G+G             D MajorD
It's the dream you forgot, it's the letter you wrote
     C majorC       G+G      FF   G+G   C majorC
It's the first birds of morning that sound like a hymn
   G+G          A augmentedA
Throw open the windows and let the light in

Instrumental:
D MajorD C majorC G+G  D MajorD C majorC G+G
E minorEm   A augmentedA E minorEm  B minorBm  C majorC

Verse:
   D MajorD             A augmentedA
I'm a wayfaring stranger, you're Indiana Jones
    B minorBm            C majorC     G+G
We are Gracie and George, we're Watson and Holmes
      D MajorD               A augmentedA
The air is filled with angels, there's no Devil to outrun
   B minorBm                C majorC       G+G
Just sigh and kiss the ground when the long night is done

Verse:
    C majorC       G+G     FF   G+G  C majorC
It's a collar turned up, a kiss on the forehead
 G+G               D MajorD
A augmentedA string and two cans, it's the last thing you said
    C majorC       G+G     FF   G+G   C majorC
It's a hunch that you follow, a light in the dark
     G+G       A augmentedA          E minorEm
An idiot check, it's a balm for your heart

Chorus:
                      A augmentedA  E minorEm
For all your searching, there's nothing to do
                 B minorBm     C majorC
What you've been looking for, is looking for you