[Verse]
G D7 G
I've traveled 'round this country
C G
From shore to shining shore
D7 G
It really made me wonder
C D G
The things I heard and saw.
[Verse]
G D7 G
I saw the weary farmer
C G
A-plowing sod and loam
D7 G
I heard the auction hammer
C D G
A-knocking down his home
[Chorus]
G
But the banks are made of marble
D G
With a guard at every door
G
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
D G
That the farmer sweated for
[Verse]
G D7 G
I saw the seaman standing
C G
Idly by the shore
D7 G
I heard the bosses saying
C D G
"Got no work for you no more."
[Chorus]
G
But the banks are made of marble
D G
With a guard at every door
G
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
D G
That the seamen sweated for
[Verse]
G D7 G
I saw the weary miner
C G
Scrubbing coal dust from his back
D7 G
I heard his children crying
C D G
Got no coal to heat the shack
[Chorus]
G
But the banks are made of marble
D G
With a guard at every door
G
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
D G
That the miner sweated for
[Verse]
G D7 G
I've seen my brothers working
C G
Throughout this mighty land
D7 G
I prayed we'd get together
C D G
And together make a stand
[Chorus]
G
Then we'd own those banks of marble
D G
With a guard at every door
G
And we'd share those vaults of silver
D G
That the miner sweated for
