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Bob Marley - Slave Driver Chords

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Slave Driver Chords

(ver. 1)
Bob Marley
...SLAVE DRIVER... by Bob Marley
------------------..............

*from 'Catch A Fire' (1973)*


Intro:

Bm7  Am7  Bm7  Am7
 Oo..............H,
Bm7   Am7 Bm7  Am7
 Ooh...   ooh...

Chorus 1:

Am7    Bm7     Am7           Bm7                    Am7
 Slave driver,  the table is turned, (catch a fire).
        Bm7   Am7             Bm7                         Am7
Catch a fire,  so you can get burned, now, (catch a fire).
      Bm7     Am7           Bm7                    Am7
Slave driver,  the table is turned, (catch a fire).
        Bm7   Am7               Bm7                    Am7
Catch a fire,  you're gonna get burned, (catch a fire).

Verse 1:

Bm7                   Am7             Bm7            Am7
 Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip; my blood runs cold.
Bm7         Am7                Bm7                    Am7
 I remember on the slave ship, how they brutalise our very souls.
Bm7                  Am7          Bm7                    Am7
 Today they say that we are free;  only to be chained in poverty.
Bm7                        Am7       Bm7                       Am7
 Good God, I think it's il-literacy;  it's only a machine that makes money.

Chorus 2:

Am7    Bm7     Am7           Bm7           Am7  Bm7   Am7   Bm7   Am7
 Slave driver;  the table is turned, y'all,    (Oo..............h),
Am7    Bm7         Am7          Bm7              Am7 
 Slave driver, uh, the table is turned baby, now.
        Bm7   Am7             Bm7
Catch a fire,  so you can get burned, now.
Am7    Bm7     Am7           Bm7                    Am7
 Slave driver,  the table is turned, (catch a fire).
        Bm7   Am7             Bm7                         Am7
Catch a fire,  so you can get burned, now, (catch a fire).

Verse 2:

Bm7                   Am7             Bm7            Am7
 Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip; my blood runs cold.
Bm7         Am7                Bm7                    Am7
 I remember on the slave ship, how they brutalise our very souls.

Bm7   Am7   Bm7 Am7
 (Oo............ooh-ooh),
Bm7                 Am7           Bm7  Am7
 Oh God, have mercy on our souls!

Chorus 3:

      Bm7     Am7           Bm7                           Am7
Slave driver;  the table is turned  y'all, (catch a fire),
       Bm7   Am7             Bm7                    Am7
Catch a fire, so you can get burned, (catch a fire).
      Bm7     Am7           Bm7                           Am7
Slave driver;  the table is turned  y'all, (catch a fire),
       Bm7   Am7             Bm7                    Am7
Catch a fire, so you can get burned, (catch a fire).

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Am7     Bm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE
 575555  797777
            
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