{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1740070,"song":"Slave To South","artist":"The Weeks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11373423-slave-to-south-chords-by-the-weeks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1740070?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI’m a slave to the south there’s a curse on this house[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                             [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI’ve been dying to leave but I just can’t get out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI’ve always been drawn to one wooden shack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd a man with the weight of the world on his back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                    [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI’ve got dust on my boots, I’ve got tears in my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                    [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll work in these fields for the rest of my life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nLike my father before me who worked every day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd I’ll be damned if I let someone take that from me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWell a life full of riches means nothing to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWith a heart full of joy there that no one can see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A#m[/ch]\r\nAnd a poor hungry heart that still wants to be free[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nAnd somebody there who’s still waiting for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]A#m[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd I know of a place that gets slow when it rains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#m[/ch]                   [ch]C#[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWith a sky that’s as blue as the blood in my veins[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A#m[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd a burnt cigarette sits on some window pane[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A#m[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWith the loud laughs and thunder in a slow Southern state[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                    [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI’ve been raising my hands, I’ve been praying for rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd I screamed at them skies but the drops never came[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWell with sun on my face and with god on my side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWho will I blame if those crops, they don’t rise[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWell I always hoped life wouldn’t end up like this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWith a well that’s gone dry and a cross in my fist[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                    [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWell if my hair has gone gray and its rains still ain’t came[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWell then well wade in that river, let it take us away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWell a life full of riches means nothing to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWith a heart full of joy there that no one can see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A#m[/ch]\r\nAnd a poor hungry heart that still wants to be free[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nAnd somebody there who’s still waiting for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A#m[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd I know of a place that gets slow when it rains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#m[/ch]                   [ch]C#[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWith a sky that’s as blue as the blood in my veins[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A#m[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd a burnt cigarette sits on some window pane[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A#m[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWith the loud laughs and thunder in a slow Southern state[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nF#  B  F#  B  \n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n G#m B C# G#m B\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n G#m B C# G#m B F# B F# F# B F#","chords":["F#","B","G#m","A#m","C#"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]}}}