Slave Driver

. . . slave driver . . . by bob marley
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* from ’catch a fire’ ( 1973 ) *

intro :

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
oo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h ,
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 :
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Am7 Bm7

eadgbe eadgbe
575555 797777

tabbed by joel from clumsy , bristol , england , 2005 ( clumsyband@hotmail . com )