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Slaves chords by Grady Tate

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • Asus4

  • Dsus4

  • Em

  • C#m

    4
  • B

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • C#

    4
  • Abm

    4
  • E

Verse 1
G
D
A
D
Little bird got a name,
Bm
Asus4
D
G
Asus4
you call it sparrow
D
Drop of water got a name,
G
Asus4
you call it rain
Dsus4
D
A
D
But I am a man, yes I am
A
G
But it's late, you call me
Em
You have seen my face
G
A
Don't you know my name
Asus4
A
Asus4
D
Bm
When your fields come up white,
D
Asus4
G
you call that cotton.
Em
Asus4
D
When the furrows grow green,
Bm
D
G
you call that sugar cane.
Em
Asus4
D
C#m
But I work your fields, yes I do,
A
Bm
G
till I'm old and weary,
Em
still it's boy you call me,
G
A
Don't you know my name?
Asus4
Now listen to this.
A
B
Without no name
A
B
It's a long, journey
F#m
B
Without no name
F#m
B
Got no soul to save
C#
When I'm dead and gone
Abm
C#
Who will remember
Abm
C#
F#m
Without no name to mark my grave
B
E
Water in a cave
B
E
A
It's still the sweet rain water
E
A
B
E
C#m
E
Little sparrow in a cage
A
It's a sparrow just the same
E
B
But a man in chains, a man in chains
C#m
You can call him a nothing
B
But when my chains be gone
When my soul be mine
When you call me free
E
Then you know my name
B
He's a man
E
I'm a man
A
E
Not a boy
Ain't no boy
He's a man
I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man
B
E
I ain't no slave either
C#m
He's a man
E
OH! I'm a man !
A
Not a boy
E
I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man...
B
I'm a man, I'm a man,
E
I'm a man, I'm a man
E
A
He's a man, no boy, ain't no boy
He's a man, don't call me boy
A
No man, cause I won't answer,
I won't answer you
He's man, no I won't answer
No boy, till you call me man
He's a
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