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I'm A Slave

I'm A Slave easy guitar chords by Jerry Reed

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

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Capo
  • D

  • A

  • Am

  • Abbm

  • Abb

  • C#b

  • E

  • Em

  • Ab

    4
  • C#

    4
  • Bb

  • B

    2
  • Fm

  • Eb

    6
  • F

  • Db

    4
  • Gb

    2
  • Gbm

    2
  • D

  • A

  • Am

  • Abbm

  • Abb

  • C#b

  • E

  • Em

  • Ab

    4
  • C#

    4
  • Bb

  • B

    2
  • Fm

  • Eb

    6
  • F

  • Db

    4
  • Gb

    2
  • Gbm

    2
  • Verse 1
    D
    A
    Am
    Abbm

    Now,
    Abb

    folks,
    Abbm
    Abb

    I got the smoking habit, see,
    C#b

    and I know the habit's bad,
    Abb
    Abbm

    but the worst thing about smoking
    Abb

    is it makes them nonsmoker
    A
    D

    s so mad.
    Abb

    They say, if you're gonna puff them fangs,
    Abbm
    C#b

    go sit in the smoking section, please.
    Abb

    They put us in a wad
    E

    like a bunch of cows
    D
    Abb

    with the hoof -and -mouth disease.

    And all I hear is,
    C#b

    don't smoke cigarettes,

    they're bad for you, dude.
    Abb

    Well, they may be friends,
    A
    D

    but I love them every way but barbecued
    Abb

    And when I'm ready to quit smokin',
    C#b

    don't worry, it'll be a breeze
    Abb

    But right now, friend,
    Em
    A
    D

    better stick me in the smokin' section,
    Abb

    please
    C#b
    Abb

    Cause I'm a slave, I'm a slave
    C#b

    I'm a poor, helpless victim
    Abb
    Em
    D

    to the things my body craves
    Abb
    C#b

    Now, I know my smokin' habit's rot ten
    A

    and I hate myself for ever startin'
    Abb
    E

    But right now, friends,
    A

    I could eat a carton
    D
    Abb

    cause I'm a slave

    Now, folks, back home

    there was this dude
    Ab
    C#

    that would gamble at the drop of your hat
    Ab

    You know the kind,

    he has to raise all the time
    Bb

    and cover every bet
    Ab

    Well, one night he was

    having him a runner look
    B
    C#

    and all his luck was bad
    Ab

    He done lost his money,

    he lost his car,

    he done lost everything he had

    And I'm trying to drag him out

    of that poker game
    C#

    and he's hanging on to my arm
    Ab

    Yelling, I'm a ten,
    Fm

    help me get back in on
    Bb
    Eb

    when the river bottom bar
    Ab

    Well, I loaned him ten, then twenty
    A

    Frenzy was picking me to the bone
    Ab
    Abb

    And when I stopped the game,
    A

    all that remained was my cab fare home
    A
    A

    I said, hey, if I was stuck with your luck,

    believe I'd leave that poke alone
    Ab

    He said, sure,
    F

    you know it ain't nothing but dough
    Bb
    Eb
    Ab

    And money ain't got no home,

    loan me ten
    Db

    I'm a slave, he's a slave
    Ab

    I'm a slave, he's a slave
    Gb
    Db

    I'm a poor helpless victim
    Ab
    Fm

    to the things my body craves
    Eb

    His body craves
    Ab

    But there is some good to come
    A

    out of this friend
    Db
    A

    There's always one bet you can win
    Fm
    F
    Bb

    You bet this cowboy I'll bet him again
    Eb
    A
    D

    Cause I'm a player
    Abb
    A
    Gbm
    E
    A
    Abb

    A

    Well I ain't seen my next door neighbor
    D

    in a week or so I guess
    A

    Till yesterday and he was all

    bandaged up in this podcast
    D

    I said well from the looks of you son
    A
    D

    uh the wreck must have been bad
    A

    he said now this is what happens
    E

    Jerry when your old lady gets mad
    A

    he said it was last Saturday night

    and I was in this bar
    D

    had a blonde on my knee
    A

    well I look up and there's my old lady
    B
    E

    looking right down on me
    A

    well she grabbed that blonde
    D

    and there was a having a championship bout
    A

    I stood up and said now
    Gb

    honey wait a minute
    B
    E

    and I never should open my mouth
    A

    because she come right across

    my head with a bottle
    D
    A

    Yellin' save that country job

    And what you done to me

    was World War III
    Abb
    A

    And I'm lucky to be alive
    D
    A

    I said well that could be a lesson son
    D
    A

    Maybe this fling will be your last

    He said hey man you know

    what I'm gonna do
    D
    B
    E

    Soon as I get out of this cast
    A
    D

    I'm a slave, he's a slave
    A

    I'm a slave, he's a slave
    Abb
    D

    Don't put the pressure on me
    A

    It affects how I behave
    Gbm

    How he behaves
    E
    A

    I love them short fat skinny ones
    D
    A

    I like them brunettes, I love them blondes
    Gbm
    B

    I can't help it, it's a lot of fun
    E

    I'm a slave
    A
    Abb
    D

    He's a slave

    I'm a slave
    A

    He's a slave
    Abb
    D

    I'm a poor helpless victim
    A
    Gbm

    to the things my body craves
    E

    His body craves
    A

    While I was laying in the floor half -killed
    D

    I asked myself, was it worth the thrill?
    A

    Will you do it again?
    B

    You know I will, ha -ha
    E
    A

    Cause I'm a slave
    D
    Abb

    Maybe
    A

    Uh, hello, Sugar Babe,

    uh, you ain't got a cigarette

    on you, have you?

    Yeah, well,

    I guess baritone's how the question ends.

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