Gotta Serve Somebody chords by Mavis Staples

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C minorCm FF
C minorCm

Verse:
C minorCm
You may be an ambassador to England or France
C minorCm
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance
C minorCm
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world
C minorCm
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls.

Chorus:
       A minorAm      FF
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
Bb majorBb          C minorCm
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
G minorGm             FF
It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
             C minorCm         FF
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

Chorus:
C minorCm
Might be a rock'n' roll adict prancing on the stage
C minorCm
Might have money and drugs at your commands, women in a cage
C minorCm
You may be a business man or some high degree thief
C minorCm                       Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb
They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief.

Verse:
             F minorFm
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
           C minorCm
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
   G minorGm             FF
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
              C minorCm   Bb majorBb   A minorAm C minorCm
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

Verse:
C minorCm
You may be a state trooper, you might be an young turk
C minorCm
You may be the head of some big TV network
C minorCm
You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame
                   DmDm       Eb MajorEb
You may be living in another country under another name.

Chorus:
             FF
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes
            C minorCm
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
   G minorGm             FF
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
             C minorCm   Bb majorBb  A minorAm FF
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

Verse:
C minorCm                       Bb majorBb
You may be a construction worker working on a home
C minorCm
You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome
C minorCm
You might own guns and you might even own tanks
C minorCm            DmDm      C minorCm
You might be somebody's landlord you might even own banks.

Chorus:
             F minorFm
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes
    Eb MajorEb       C minorCm
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
   G minorGm           FF
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
             C minorCm    Bb majorBb   A minorAm C minorCm
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

Verse:
C minorCm
You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride
C minorCm
You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side
C minorCm
You may be working in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair.
C minorCm
You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir.

Chorus:
             FF
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes
            C minorCm
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
   G minorGm           FF
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
              C minorCm  Bb majorBb    DmDm C minorCm
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

Verse:
C minorCm
Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk
C minorCm
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk
C minorCm
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread
C minorCm                  DmDm  FF   Eb MajorEb
You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed.

Verse:
             F minorFm
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
           C minorCm
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
   G minorGm             FF
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
              C minorCm   Bb majorBb   DmDm C minorCm
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

Verse:
C minorCm                   Bb majorBb
You may call me Terry, you may call me Jimmy
C minorCm
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy
C minorCm
You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray
C minorCm
You may call me anything but no matter what you say.

Chorus:
             F minorFm          Bb majorBb
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
           C minorCm
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
   G minorGm             FF
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
              C minorCm   Bb majorBb   A minorAm C minorCm
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

Outro: