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[Intro]
F#  B  F#  B
[Verse 1]
F#I’m a slave to the south there’s a Bcurse on this F#house
F#I’ve been dying to leave but I Bjust can’t get F#out
F#I’ve always been drawn to Bone wooden shF#ack
F#And a man with the weight of the wBorld on his F#back
[Verse 2]
F#I’ve got dust on my boots, I’ve got teBars in my eyF#es
F#And I'll work in these fields for the Brest of my F#life
F#Like my father before me who wBorked every dF#ay
F#And I’ll be damned if I let someone tBake that from meF#  
[Chorus]
Well a G#mlife full of riches means nothing to me
With a Bheart full of joy there that no one can see
AA#mnd a poor hungry heart that still wants to be free
AC#nd somebody there who’s still waiting for me
[Bridge]
A#mAnd I know of a C#place that gets F#slow when it rains
A#mWith a sky that’s as bC#lue as the bF#lood in my veins
And a A#mburnt cigaC#rette sits on F#some window pane
With the A#mloud laughs and C#thunder in a F#slow Southern state
[Break]
 G#m B C# G#m B
[Verse 3]
F#I’ve been raising my hands, I’ve been Bpraying for F#rain
F#And I screamed at them skies but the Bdrops never F#came
F#Well with sun on my face and with Bgod on my siF#de
F#Who will I blame if those cBrops, they don’t rF#ise
[Verse 4]
F#Well I always hoped life wouldn’t Bend up like tF#his
F#With a well that’s gone dry and a Bcross in my F#fist
F#Well if my hair has gone gray and its Brains still ainF#’t came
F#Well then well wade in that river, Blet it take us awF#ay
[Chorus]
Well a G#mlife full of riches means nothing to me
With a Bheart full of joy there that no one can see
AA#mnd a poor hungry heart that still wants to be free
AC#nd somebody there who’s still waiting for me
A#mAnd I know of a C#place that gets F#slow when it rains
A#mWith a sky that’s as bC#lue as the bF#lood in my veins
And a A#mburnt cigaC#rette sits on F#some window pane
With the A#mloud laughs and C#thunder in a F#slow Southern state
[Outro]
 G#m B C# G#m B F# B F# F# B F#

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Slave To South

by The Weeks

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G#m

A#m

[Intro]

F# B F# B

[Verse 1]

F# B F#

I’m a slave to the south there’s a curse on this house

F# B F#

I’ve been dying to leave but I just can’t get out

F# B F#

I’ve always been drawn to one wooden shack

F# B F#

And a man with the weight of the world on his back

[Verse 2]

F# B F#

I’ve got dust on my boots, I’ve got tears in my eyes

F# B F#

And I'll work in these fields for the rest of my life

F# B F#

Like my father before me who worked every day

F# B F#

And I’ll be damned if I let someone take that from me

[Chorus]

G#m

Well a life full of riches means nothing to me

With a heart full of joy there that no one can see

A#m

And a poor hungry heart that still wants to be free

And somebody there who’s still waiting for me

[Bridge]

A#m C# F#

And I know of a place that gets slow when it rains

A#m C# F#

With a sky that’s as blue as the blood in my veins

A#m C# F#

And a burnt cigarette sits on some window pane

A#m C# F#

With the loud laughs and thunder in a slow Southern state

[Break]

G#m B C# G#m B

[Verse 3]

F# B F#

I’ve been raising my hands, I’ve been praying for rain

F# B F#

And I screamed at them skies but the drops never came

F# B F#

Well with sun on my face and with god on my side

F# B F#

Who will I blame if those crops, they don’t rise

[Verse 4]

F# B F#

Well I always hoped life wouldn’t end up like this

F# B F#

With a well that’s gone dry and a cross in my fist

F# B F#

Well if my hair has gone gray and its rains still ain’t came

F# B F#

Well then well wade in that river, let it take us away

[Chorus]

G#m

Well a life full of riches means nothing to me

With a heart full of joy there that no one can see

A#m

And a poor hungry heart that still wants to be free

And somebody there who’s still waiting for me

A#m C# F#

And I know of a place that gets slow when it rains

A#m C# F#

With a sky that’s as blue as the blood in my veins

A#m C# F#

And a burnt cigarette sits on some window pane

A#m C# F#

With the loud laughs and thunder in a slow Southern state

[Outro]

G#m B C# G#m B F# B F# F# B F#

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