original by Pete Seeger
B F# The banks are made of marble E B With a guard at every door B And the vaults are stuffed with silver F# B That the miners sweated for
B F# B I wandered around this country E B From shore to shining shore F#7 B It really made me wonder E B The things I heard and saw.
B But the banks are made of marble F# B With a guard at every door B And the vaults are stuffed with silver F# B G#m That the miners sweated for
G#m
spoken: Well I have wandered around the country and I see it's about the same.
But I wouldn't want to try myself to start a revolution here.
Because I know that nobody here is ready for a revolution.
I mean you've all got your good suit of clothes in the closet.
You're still feeling pretty good about your family - don't want to disappoint your father. Still building up the old bank account, pfennig by pfennig.
G#m E G#m So this ain't no time to start a revolution. E I suggest, if you feel like, organising something G#m you start off with the Rotary club.