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