Salt Of The Earth

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Salt Of The Earth chords
The Rolling Stones
EA EA EB
*
E B E A E E
()
Let's drink to the hard working people
B E A A
()
Let's drink to the lowly of birth
E B E AE E
()
Raise your glass to the good and the evil
B E A A
()
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
E B E A E E
()
Say a prayer for the common foot soldier
B E A A
()
Spare a thought for his back breaking work
E B E A E E
()
Say a prayer for his wife and his children
B E A
Who burn the fires and who still till the earth
E AE
3x
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 B
In fact, they look so strange
E B E A E E
()
Raise your glass to the hard working people
B E A A
()
Let's drink to the uncounted heads
E B E A E E
()
Let's think of the wavering millions
B E A A
()
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead
E B E A E E
()
Spare a thought for the stay at-home voter
B E A A
()
His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows
E B E A E E
()
And a parade of the gray suited grafters
B E A
A choice of cancer or polio
E AE
3x
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 B
In fact, they look so strange
E B E A E E
()
Let's drink to the hard working people
B E A A
()
Let's think of the lowly of birth
E B E A E E
()
Spare a thought for the rag taggy people
B E A A
()
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
E B E A E E
()
Let's drink to the hard working people
B E A A
()
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
E B E A E E
()
Let's drink to the two thousand million
B E A
Let's think of the humble of birth
E AE
......
* Alternates:
Capo II
E D
=
B A
=
A G
=
C#mBm
=
G#mF#m
=
F#mEm
=
B7 A7
=
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
E A
=
B E
=
A D
=
C#mF#m
=
G#mC#m
=
F#mBm
=
B7 E7
=
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Salt Of The Earth chords and lyrics

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Salt Of The Earth chords
The Rolling Stones
E A  E A  E B  *
E  A E  3x
E  A E  3x
E  A E ......
* Alternates:
Capo II
E   = D
B   = A
A   = G
C#m = Bm
G#m = F#m
F#m = Em
B7  = A7
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
E   = A
B   = E
A   = D
C#m = F#m
G#m = C#m
F#m = Bm
B7  = E7
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Salt Of The Earth Chords by The Rolling Stones

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