Gotta Serve Somebody chords by David Allan Coe

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
You may be an ambassador to
England or
France
You might like to gamble,
you might like to
dance
You may be the heavyweight
champion of the
You might be a socialite with a
long string of pearls
But you're gonna have to
C 
serve somebody
Serve somebody
G 
Serve somebody
Serve somebody
D 
It might be the devil
C 
Or it might be the
Lord
But you're gonna have
G 
to serve somebody
You might be a rock and roll lady
prancing on the stage
Plenty of drugs at your command
or women in a cage
You might be a businessman or
some high -degree thief
They may call you doctor,
they may call you chief
C 
But you're gonna have to
serve somebody
Serve somebody
G 
Serve somebody, yeah, yeah
Serve somebody
D 
Oh, it may be the devil
C 
Or it might be the
Lord
But you're gonna have
G 
to serve somebody
Now, you may be a state trooper
You might be a young
Turk
You may even be the
head of some great big
TV network
You may be rich or poor
And you may be blind or tamed
You might be living in another country
Under another name
But you're gonna have
C 
to serve somebody
Serve somebody
G 
Oh, serve somebody
Serve somebody
D 
It might be the devil
C 
Or it might be the
Lord
But you're still gonna have
G 
to serve somebody
Maybe a construction worker
workin' on a home
Might be livin' in a mansion, you might live
in a dome
You may own guns,
you may even own tanks
You may be somebody's landlord,
you might even own banks
But you're gonna have
C 
to search somebody
Search somebody
G 
Well, search somebody
Search somebody
D 
Oh, it might be the devil
C 
Or it might be the
Lord
But you're gonna have
G 
to serve somebody
Now you can call me
Terry
Or you might call me
Moe
Or you may call me
David
Or you might call me
Coe
You can call me
RJ
Or you can call me
Ray
F 
G 
You can call me anything
I don't care what you see
C 
You're gonna have to serve somebody
Serve somebody
G 
Oh, serve somebody
Serve somebody
D 
It might be the devil
C 
Or it might be the
Lord
But you're gonna have
G 
to serve somebody
You may be a rock 'n 'roll star
Prancing on this stage
You got plenty of drugs at
your command
D 
G 
You got women in a cage
You might be a big businessman
Or some high
D grade thief
Now they might call you doctor
They might call you chief
D 
But you're gonna have
C 
G 
to serve somebody
D 
C 
It might be the devil, it might be the
Lord
But you're gonna have
G 
to serve somebody
D 
C 
It might be the devil
It might be the
Lord
But you're gonna...
TO
G 
SERVE
G 
SOMEBODY
Well, now you're gonna have to serve somebody,
serve somebody, serve somebody, serve somebody.
Serve somebody, it might be the devil,
serve somebody, oh it might be the
Lord.