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