I'm A Slave chords by Jerry Reed

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