...SLAVE DRIVER... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Catch A Fire' (1973)*
Intro:
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Oo..............h,
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Ooh... ooh...
Chorus 1:
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Slave driver, the table is turned, (catch a fire).
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Catch a fire, so you can get burned, now, (catch a fire).
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Slave driver, the table is turned, (catch a fire).
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Catch a fire, you're gonna get burned, (catch a fire).
Verse 1:
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Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip; my blood runs cold.
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I remember on the slave ship, how they brutalise our very souls.
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Today they say that we are free; only to be chained in poverty.
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Good God, I think it's il-literacy; it's only a machine that makes money.
Chorus 2:
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Slave driver; the table is turned, y'all, (Oo..............h),
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Slave driver, uh, the table is turned baby, now.
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Catch a fire, so you can get burned, now.
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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:
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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.
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(Oo............ooh-ooh),
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Oh God, have mercy on our souls!
Chorus 3:
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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:
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EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
