Rolling Stones - Salt Of The Earth

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salt of the earth chords
the rolling stones

E A E A E B *

E B E A E
let s drink to the hard working people
B E A
let s drink to the lowly of birth
E B E A E
raise your glass to the good and the evil
B E A
let s drink to the salt of the earth

E B E A E
say a prayer for the common foot soldier
B E A
spare a thought for his back breaking work
E B E A E
say a prayer for his wife and his children
B E A
who burn the fires and who still till the earth

C#m G#m
and when i search a faceless crowd
C#m G#m
a swirling mass of gray and
F#m
black and white
G#m
they don t look real to me
A B7
in fact , they look so strange

E B E A E
raise your glass to the hard working people
B E A
let s drink to the uncounted heads
E B E A E
let s think of the wavering millions
B E A
who need leaders but get gamblers instead

E B E A E
spare a thought for the stay at – home voter
B E A
his empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows
E B E A E
and a parade of the gray suited grafters
B E A
a choice of cancer or polio

C#m G#m
and when i search a faceless crowd
C#m G#m
a swirling mass of gray and
F#m
black and white
G#m
they don t look real to me
A B7
in fact , they look so strange

E B E A E
let s drink to the hard working people
B E A
let s think of the lowly of birth
E B E A E
spare a thought for the rag taggy people
B E A
let s drink to the salt of the earth

E B E A E
let s drink to the hard working people
B E A
let s drink to the salt of the earth
E B E A E
let s drink to the two thousand million
B E A
let s think of the humble of birth

* alternate

capo ii

E = D
B = A
A = G
C#m = Bm
G#m = F#m
F#m = Em
B7 = A

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