Chords for JOAN BAEZ ~ Salt Of The Earth ~

_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ [D] Let's [C] drink to the hardworking [G]
people.
_ Let's [C] drink to the lowly [G] of birth.
_ [D] Raise your glass [C] to the good [G] and the evil.
_ _ [D] Let's drink [C] to the salt of the _ earth.
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_ Say a prayer [C] for the common [G] good soldier.
_ Spare [D] a thought [C] for his back-breaking [G] _
work.
Say a prayer for his wife and his [G] children.
_ Burn [D] the fires [C] in whose skin to the earth.
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When I search a [Bm] faceless [D] crowd,
[Em] _ Swirling mass [Bm] of grey, [D] black and [Bm] white,
They don't look real to [C] me.
In fact, they look so [D] _ _ _ [Am] strange. _ _
_ [G] _ [D] Raise your [C] glass to the hardworking [G]
people.
_ [D] Let's drink [C] to the [G] uncounted heads.
_ _ [D] Let's [C] think of the [G] wavering millions
_ Who want [D] leaders but [C] get gamblers instead.
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_ Spare a thought [C] for the stay-at [G]-home voter.
His empty [D] [C] eyes gaze at strange beauty [G] shows.
_ And a parade [C] of grey-suited [G] _
grafters,
A [D] choice of cancer [C] or polio.
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[Em] And when I search [Bm] a faceless [D] crowd,
[Em] _ Swirling mass [Bm] of grey, [D] black and white,
[Bm] They don't look real [C] to me.
In fact, they look so [D] strange.
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_ [G] _ [D] Let's [C] drink to the hardworking [G]
people.
_ [D] Let's think [C] of the lowly of [G] earth.
[D] Spare a thought [C] for the rag-taggy [G] people.
_ _ [D] Let's drink [C] to the salt of the earth.
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_ Let's drink [C] to the [G] hardworking people.
_ _ [D] Let's drink [C] to the salt of the [G]
earth.
_ Let's [C] think for the three thousand [G] million.
_ _ [D] Let's think [C] of the humble of earth. _ _ _ _ _ _
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