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Grapes of Wrath - The Mission
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(At places marked /x hold previous chord and move bass to note marked)
Chords
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[G]The sweat upon his brow and the [C]dirt worked into his hands
The [G]dignity of labour up[C]on a man's own land
The [G]soil of his fathers [D]passed on down through blood to hand
A [Am]man's right of birth to [C]reap the harvest [D]from his [G]land
(Next verse as above)
The breaking of his back to keep his dream alive
To work the change of season his instinct to survive
The planting of his seed and to see his harvest grow
Gives a pride to a man to reap the harvest that he sows
[G] [/F#] [Em]The land of the free, home of the brave
The [C]heartland of pioneers, the [G]heritage [/D]of flesh and [C]blood
And [Em]along come the winds that blow through the land
With a [C]price to pay for the working man, [G]money talks and [/D]changes hands
And [C]money reaps the harvest money de[D]mands, the grapes of [G]wrath
(Next two verses as for 2nd and 3rd verses)
They can take away his freedom, they can beat him into the dust
They can burn his home, run him from his land, and leave him out to
gather rust
But they can't take away his faith and his honesty and pride and the
knowledge that he holds inside
One day they'll reap the harvest
The grapes of wrath
There's hope in a man that nothing can destroy
A man will endure anything for the dream that he holds dear
And there's pride in the earth he toils for
His honesty for the air he breathes
The truth of the harvest they will reap
The grapes of [G]wrath, [D] the grapes of [G]wrath,
[D] the grapes of [C]wrath[/B][/A][G]
