The Mission Uk – Grapes Of Wrath chords

Chords by Paul Wingham from The Sweet Fantastic.  www.thesweetfantastic.co.uk
For corrections email paul.wingham@virgin.net
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The Mission
Grapes of Wrath from the album Carved in Sand (1990)


Verse 1:
G                               CThe sweat upon his brow and the dirt worked into his hands
    G                   C The dignity of labour upon a man's own land
    G                   DThe soil of his fathers passed on down through blood to hand
  Am                      C                D          G   A man's right of birth to reap the harvest   from his land

Verse 2:
                            CThe breaking of his back to keep his dream alive
   G                             CTo work the change of season his instinct to survive
    G                           DThe planting of his seed and to see his harvest grow
        Am                C                D         GGives a pride to a man to reap the harvest   that he sows

Chorus:
    Em       The land of the free, home of the brave
    C                          G        D              CThe heartland of pioneers, the heritage   of flesh and blood
    Em And along come the winds that blow through the land
       C                                 G               D                  With a price to pay for the working man, money talks and changes hands
    C                               D                    GAnd money reaps the harvest money demands, the grapes of wrath

Verse 3:
                                         CThey can take away his freedom, they can beat him into the dust
         G                                         CThey can burn his home, run him from his land, and leave him out to gather rust
         G                                 DBut they can't take away his faith and his honesty and pride and the
Am	                                        C                D               Gknowledge that he holds inside	One day they'll reap the harvest,  the grapes of wrath

Verse 4:
	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

Ending:
              G       D                G          The grapes of wrath,     the grapes of wrath,    
D                 C       B    A    G    the grapes of wrath