I'm A Slave chords by
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed

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Key: Gb major
Verse 1
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Now,
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folks,
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I got the smoking habit, see,
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and I know the habit's bad,
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but the worst thing about smoking
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is it makes them nonsmoker
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s so mad.
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They say, if you're gonna puff them fangs,
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go sit in the smoking section, please.
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They put us in a wad
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like a bunch of cows
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with the hoof -and -mouth disease.
And all I hear is,
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don't smoke cigarettes,
they're bad for you, dude.
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Well, they may be friends,
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but I love them every way but barbecued
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And when I'm ready to quit smokin',
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don't worry, it'll be a breeze
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But right now, friend,
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Em
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better stick me in the smokin' section,
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please
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Cause I'm a slave, I'm a slave
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I'm a poor, helpless victim
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to the things my body craves
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Now, I know my smokin' habit's rotten
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and I hate myself for ever startin'
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But right now, friends,
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I could eat a carton
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cause I'm a slave
Now, folks, back home
there was this dude
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that would gamble at the drop of your hat
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You know the kind,
he has to raise all the time
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and cover every bet
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Well, one night he was
having him a runner look
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and all his luck was bad
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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
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and he's hanging on to my arm
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Yelling, I'm a ten,
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Fm
help me get back in on
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when the river bottom bar
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Well, I loaned him ten, then twenty
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Frenzy was picking me to the bone
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And when I stopped the game,
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all that remained was my cab fare home
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I said, hey, if I was stuck with your luck,
believe I'd leave that poke alone
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He said, sure,
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you know it ain't nothing but dough
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And money ain't got no home,
loan me ten
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I'm a slave, he's a slave
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I'm a slave, he's a slave
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I'm a poor helpless victim
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to the things my body craves
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His body craves
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But there is some good to come
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out of this friend
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There's always one bet you can win
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You bet this cowboy I'll bet him again
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Cause I'm a player
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Well I ain't seen my next door neighbor
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in a week or so I guess
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Till yesterday and he was all
bandaged up in this podcast
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I said well from the looks of you son
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uh the wreck must have been bad
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he said now this is what happens
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Jerry when your old lady gets mad
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he said it was last Saturday night
and I was in this bar
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had a blonde on my knee
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well I look up and there's my old lady
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looking right down on me
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well she grabbed that blonde
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and there was a having a championship bout
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I stood up and said now
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honey wait a minute
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and I never should open my mouth
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because she come right across
my head with a bottle
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Yellin' save that country job
And what you done to me
was World War III
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And I'm lucky to be alive
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I said well that could be a lesson son
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Maybe this fling will be your last
He said hey man you know
what I'm gonna do
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Soon as I get out of this cast
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I'm a slave, he's a slave
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I'm a slave, he's a slave
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Don't put the pressure on me
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It affects how I behave
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How he behaves
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I love them short fat skinny ones
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I like them brunettes, I love them blondes
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I can't help it, it's a lot of fun
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I'm a slave
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He's a slave
I'm a slave
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He's a slave
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I'm a poor helpless victim
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to the things my body craves
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His body craves
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While I was laying in the floor half -killed
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I asked myself, was it worth the thrill?
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Will you do it again?
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You know I will, ha -ha
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Cause I'm a slave
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Maybe
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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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