Banks Of Marble Lyrics & Chords By Iris Dement
I've traveled 'round this country
From shore to shining shore
It really made me wonder
The things I heard and saw
I saw the weary farmer
Plowing sod and loam
I heard the auction hammer
Just a-knocking down his home
But the banks are made of marble
With a guard at every door
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
That the farmer sweated for
I've seen the weary miner
Scrubbing coal dust from his back
I heard his children cryin'
"Got no coal to heat the shack"
But the banks are made of marble
With a guard at every door
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
That the miner sweated for
I've seen my brothers working
Throughout this mighty land
I prayed we'd get together
and together make a stand
Then we might own those banks of marble
With a guard at every door
and we might share those vaults of silver
That we have sweated for
Pete Seeger - Banks Of Marble chords lyrics