Salt of the Earth
Jagger & Richards / the Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet (1968)
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| Let's | drink to the | hard working | peo | ple, | Let's | drink to the | lowly of | bi | rth. |
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| Raise your | glass to the | good and the | e-e- | vil, | Let's | drink to the | salt of the | e-e-a- | arth. |
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| Say a | prayer for the | common foot | sol | dier, | Spare a | thought for his | back breaking | wo-o- | ork. |
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| Say a | prayer for his | wife and his | chil | dren, | who burn the | fires and who | still till the | earth. | | | | | | | | |
| C#m | G#m | C#m | G#m | F#m |
| And when I search a | faceless crowd - | A swirling mass of | gray and | black and white - |
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| They don't look real to me - | In fact, they look so | strange... |
Raise your glass to the hard working people - Let's drink to the uncounted heads. | |
Let's think of the wandering millions - who need leaders but get gamblers instead. | |
Spare a thought for the stay at home voter - his empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows. | |
And a parade of the gray suited grafters - a choice of cancer or polio. | |
And when I search a faceless crowd - a swirling mass of gray and black and white - | |
They don't look real to me - in fact, they look so strange! | |
Let's drink to the hard working people, Let's think of the lowly of birth. | |
spare a thought for the rag taggy people, Let's drink to the salt of the earth. | |
Let's drink to the hard working people. Let's drink to the salt of the earth. | |
Let's think of the two thousand million. Let's think of the humble of birth. | |
Let's have a drink to the salt of the earth... | |
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