Slave chords by Lucky Dube

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
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Ministers of religion have visited me many times to talk about it
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They say to me I gotta leave it I gotta leave it It's a bad habit For a man
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But when I try to leave it my friends keep telling me I'm a fool amongst fools


Chorus:
A augmentedA        E MajorE    D MajorD         A augmentedA       E MajorE
Now I'm a slave, a slave I'm a slave I'm a liquor slave
A augmentedA        E MajorE    D MajorD         A augmentedA       E MajorE
Now I'm a slave, a slave I'm a slave just a liquor slave

A augmentedA       E MajorE          D MajorD       A augmentedA  E MajorE
A augmentedA       E MajorE          D MajorD       A augmentedA  E MajorE

Verse 2:
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I have lost my dignity I had before trying to please everybody
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Some say to me Yo yo I look better when I'm drunk Some say no no no I look bad you know
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Sometimes I cry I cry but my crying Never helps me no Ofcourse no


Chorus:
A augmentedA           E MajorE    D MajorD         A augmentedA       E MajorE
Cause now I'm a slave, a slave I'm a slave I'm a liquor slave
A augmentedA        E MajorE    D MajorD         A augmentedA       E MajorE
Now I'm a slave, a slave I'm a slave just a liquor slave

A augmentedA       E MajorE          D MajorD       A augmentedA  E MajorE
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Verse 3:
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Every night when I'm coming back home My wife gets worried
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''cause she knows She's got double trouble coming home
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Sometimes I cry I cry Lord I cry but my crying Never helps me