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...SLAVE DRIVER... by Bob Marley
------------------..............
*from 'Catch A Fire' (1973)*
Intro:
Bm7  Am7  Bm7  Am7
 Oo..............H,
 Bm7Ooh..Am7.   Bm7ooh..Am7.
Chorus 1:
 Am7Slave Bm7driver,  Am7the table is Bm7turned, (catch a fire).Am7  
Catch a Bm7fire,  Am7so you can get Bm7burned, now, (catch a fire).Am7  
Slave Bm7driver,  Am7the table is Bm7turned, (catch a fire).Am7  
Catch a Bm7fire,  Am7you're gonna get Bm7burned, (catch a fire).Am7  
Verse 1:
 Bm7Ev'rytime I hear the Am7crack of a whip; Bm7my blood runs Am7cold.
 Bm7I remember Am7on the slave ship, Bm7how they brutalise our Am7very souls.
 Bm7Today they say that Am7we are free;  Bm7only to be chained in Am7poverty.
 Bm7Good God, I think it's il-Am7literacy;  Bm7it's only a machine that Am7makes money.
Chorus 2:
 Am7Slave Bm7driver;  Am7the table is Bm7turned, y'all,    Am7(Bm7Oo....Am7......Bm7....h)Am7,
 Am7Slave Bm7driver, uh, Am7the table is Bm7turned baby, now.Am7  
Catch a Bm7fire,  Am7so you can get Bm7burned, now.
 Am7Slave Bm7driver,  Am7the table is Bm7turned, (catch a fire).Am7  
Catch a Bm7fire,  Am7so you can get Bm7burned, now, (catch a fire).Am7  
Verse 2:
 Bm7Ev'rytime I hear the Am7crack of a whip; Bm7my blood runs Am7cold.
 Bm7I remember Am7on the slave ship, Bm7how they brutalise our Am7very souls.
 Bm7(Oo..Am7......Bm7....Am7ooh-ooh),
 Bm7Oh God, have mercy Am7on our souls!Bm7  Am7  
Chorus 3:
Slave Bm7driver;  Am7the table is Bm7turned  y'all, (catch a fire),Am7  
Catch a Bm7fire, Am7so you can get Bm7burned, (catch a fire).Am7  
Slave Bm7driver;  Am7the table is Bm7turned  y'all, (catch a fire),Am7  
Catch a Bm7fire, Am7so you can get Bm7burned, (catch a fire).Am7  
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
   Am7     Bm7
 EADGBE  EADGBE
 575555  797777
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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Slave Driver

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...SLAVE DRIVER... by Bob Marley

------------------..............

*from 'Catch A Fire' (1973)*

Intro:

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Oo..............,

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Ooh... ooh...

Chorus 1:

Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Slave driver, the table is turned, (catch a fire).

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Catch a fire, so you can get burned, now, (catch a fire).

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Slave driver, the table is turned, (catch a fire).

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Catch a fire, you're gonna get burned, (catch a fire).

Verse 1:

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip; my blood runs cold.

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

I remember on the slave ship, how they brutalise our very souls.

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Today they say that we are free; only to be chained in poverty.

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Good God, I think it's il-literacy; it's only a machine that makes money.

Chorus 2:

Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Slave driver; the table is turned, y'all, (Oo..............h),

Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Slave driver, uh, the table is turned baby, now.

Bm7 Am7 Bm7

Catch a fire, so you can get burned, now.

Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Slave driver, the table is turned, (catch a fire).

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Catch a fire, so you can get burned, now, (catch a fire).

Verse 2:

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip; my blood runs cold.

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

I remember on the slave ship, how they brutalise our very souls.

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

(Oo............ooh-ooh),

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Oh God, have mercy on our souls!

Chorus 3:

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Slave driver; the table is turned y'all, (catch a fire),

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Catch a fire, so you can get burned, (catch a fire).

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Slave driver; the table is turned y'all, (catch a fire),

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7

Catch a fire, so you can get burned, (catch a fire).

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

---------------

Am7 Bm7

EADGBE EADGBE

575555 797777

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

About Slave Driver Chords by Bob Marley

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