G D C G D C G [Verse 1]G D C G Let's drink to the hard working peopleD C G Let's drink to the lowly of birthD C G Raise your glass to the good and the evilD C G Let's drink to the salt of the earthG D C G Say a prayer for the common foot soldierD C G Spare a thought for his back breaking workD C G Say a prayer for his wife and his childrenD C Who burn the fires and who still till the earth [Chorus]Em Bm D When I search a faceless crowdEm Bm D Swirling mass of grey and black and whiteBm They don't look real to meC D In fact they look so strange [Verse 2]G D C G Raise your glass to the hard working peopleD C G Let's drink to the uncounted headD C G Let's think of the wavering millionsD C G Who want leaders but get gamblers insteadD C G Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voterD C G His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty showsD C G And a parade of gray suited graftersD C A choice of cancer or polio [Chorus]Em Bm D And when I search a faceless crowdEm Bm D Swirling mass of grey and black and whiteBm They don't look real to meC D In fact they look so strange [Verse 3]G D C G Let's drink to the hard working peopleD C G Let's think of the lowly of birthD C G Spare a thought for the ragtaggy peopleD C G Let's drink to the salt of the earthD C G Let's drink to the hard working peopleD C G Let's drink to the salt of the earthD C G Let's think of the three thousand millionD C Let's think of the humble of birth
Salt Of The Earth
Joan Baez
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