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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2235115,"song":"Gotta Serve Somebody","artist":"Mavis Staples","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11471408-gotta-serve-somebody-chords-by-mavis-staples/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2235115?type=chord","rating":0.11247,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be an ambassador to England or France[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may like to gamble, you might like to dance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be the heavyweight champion of the world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be a socialite with a long string of pearls.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou're gonna have to serve somebody,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt may be the devil or it may be the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Cm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nMight be a rock'n' roll adict prancing on the stage[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nMight have money and drugs at your commands, women in a cage[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be a business man or some high degree thief[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                             [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThey may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou're gonna have to serve somebody,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Cm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be a state trooper, you might be an young turk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be the head of some big TV network[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nYou may be living in another country under another name.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou're gonna have to serve somebody,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nYou may be a construction worker working on a home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou might own guns and you might even own tanks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou might be somebody's landlord you might even own banks.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou're gonna have to serve somebody,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be a preacher with your spiritual pride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be working in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou're gonna have to serve somebody,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Cm[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nMight like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nMight like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nYou may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou're gonna have to serve somebody,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Cm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nYou may call me Terry, you may call me Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may call me R.J., you may call me Ray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou may call me anything but no matter what you say.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Fm[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou're gonna have to serve somebody,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Cm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut you're gonna have to serve somebody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nCm F\nCm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nCm","chords":["Cm","F","Am","Bb","Gm","Eb","Fm","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}