Key: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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There's a river running sweat right through our land,
through our land,
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Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand,
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in his hand
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And I've taken just as much as I can stand,
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I can stand
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Oh, we've got to free our brothers from
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their shackles yeah if we can , if can
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Verse 2
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Most nights I have to watch my woman cry,
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oh she cries
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Every day I watch the colonel smile,
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oh he smiles
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His painted ladies riding in from town,
in from town
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Oh I swear one day I'm gonna burn the whore house to the ground,
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to the ground
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Verse 3
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Slave! Slave.
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To fight the violence we must be brave,
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Hold on strong
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To the love God gave, slave
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Verse 4
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There's a rumor of a war that's yet to come,
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yet to come
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That may free our families,
free our families and our sons, and our sons
It may lay green lands to barren wastes,
all the waste, all the waste
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Oh the price of release is a bitter blow to face,
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ah to face
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Verse 5
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Slave! Slave.
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To fight the violence we must be brave,
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Hold on strong
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To the love God gave,
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Slave! Oh slave.
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To fight the violence we must be brave,
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Hold on strong
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To the love God gave,
Verse 7
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Slave! Slave.
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To fight the violence we must be brave,
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Hold on strong
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To the love God gave,
Outro 1
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