Slave Driver Chords & Lyrics by Bob Marley

Slave Driver

guitar chords lyrics

Bob Marley

...SLAVE DRIVER... by Bob Marley
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*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
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])