Banks Are Made Of Marble chords by Pete Seeger

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Verse 1
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I've traveled 'round
this country
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From shore to shining shore
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It really made me wonder-
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The things I heard and saw!

Verse 2

I saw the weary farmer

A- plowing sod and loam

I heard the auction hammer

Just a- knocking down his home

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Verse 3

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

Verse 4
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I've seen the seamen standing
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Idly by the shore
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And I've heard their bosses saying
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"Got no work for you no more"

Verse 5
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But the banks are made of marble
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With a guard at every door
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
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That the seamen sweated for
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Verse 6
I've seen the weary miner
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Scrubbing coal dust from his back
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And I've heard his children crying
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Got no coal to heat the shack

Verse 7
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But the banks are made of marble
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With a guard at every door
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
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That the miner sweated for
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Verse 8
I've seen my brothers working
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Throughout this mighty land
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I've prayed we'd get together
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And together make a stand

Verse 9
Then we might own
those banks of marble
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With a guard at every door
And we would share those vaults of silver
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That we have sweated for