Key: G major
Intro 1
E
D
A
E
A
D
A
Verse 1
A
There's a river running sweat right through our land,
through our land,
D
A
E
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Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand,
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in his hand
F#m
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E
And I've taken just as much as I can stand,
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F#m
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I can stand
D
Oh, we've got to free our brothers from
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D
their shackles yeah if we can, if can
A
Verse 2
A
Most nights I have to watch my woman cry,
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oh she cries
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E
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E
Every day I watch the colonel smile,
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E
A
D
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
F#m
D
Slave! Slave.
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E
To fight the violence we must be brave,
F#m
Hold on strong
D
To the love God gave, slave
F#m
Verse 4
A
There's a rumor of a war that's yet to come,
D
yet to come
A
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
D
E
Oh the price of release is a bitter blow to face,
D
ah to face
A
Verse 5
F#m
D
Slave! Slave.
A
E
To fight the violence we must be brave,
F#m
Hold on strong
D
To the love God gave,
Interlude 1
slave
F#m
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D
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E
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F#m
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D
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D
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D
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Verse 6
F#m
D
Slave! Oh slave.
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E
To fight the violence we must be brave,
F#m
Hold on strong
D
To the love God gave,
Verse 7
F#m
D
Slave! Slave.
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E
To fight the violence we must be brave,
F#m
Hold on strong
D
To the love God gave,
Outro 1
slave
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D
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D
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D
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D
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