Slave chords by Lucky Dube

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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


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

A       E          D       A  E
A       E          D       A  E


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


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

A       E          D       A  E
A       E          D       A  E


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