Crisis chords by Aoife O'Donovan

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Verse 1
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Gather 'round, girls
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Let me tell you about the crisis that is here
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At the end I almost see our final victory
I know that we don't all believe
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that it'll be what it'll be
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But a crisis 'tis indeed,
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like a boulder gathering speed

Verse 2

'Cause if we fail to act upon it

Might mean the chance has been lost

And we will have to wait to win

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Verse 3

It's 1916, we're talking

war and battle cries

Oh, women dry your eyes,

you gotta rise up and fight

You may be troubled and bewildered

and stricken with grief

But you can solve it,

fix these knotty problems, we try to breathe

Verse 4

'Cause if we fail to act upon it

Might mean the chance has been lost

And we will have to wait to win

Verse 5
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Oh, America,
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Em 
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look up at that north star
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One day      it'll come down
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The time has come to shout aloud
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In every    city and village and town
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The woman's hour has struck
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The woman's    hour is now

Interlude 1
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If we fail to act upon

Verse 6

Might mean the chance has been lost

Verse 7
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There was a man      in West
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Virginia
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Someone asked him what
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he thought
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He said, "We've been keeping women down so long,
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it  would feel so queer to not"
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If someone asked his wife the same question,
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here's what she'd say
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"We've been down so  long,
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we've gotta stay this way"
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Therein lies the movement of those who say,
nay
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Verse 8
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Oh, America, look up
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The star is getting nearer
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It's time     to shout aloud to
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everybody who can hear us
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The woman's  hour has struck
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The woman's hour is now
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The woman's  hour is here