Chords for ELTON JOHN - Slave [alternate take]

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There's a river running right through our land, through our land.
Down by a man with a ball grip and his hand in his hand.
And I'm taking a step, step, more step, I can't stand, I can't stand.
[C] Oh, we got to [D] free our brothers from the [C] shackles, yeah, of [G] canning men.
_ Most nights I have to watch my woman cry, oh, cry.
Every day I watch the colonel smile, oh, smile.
Painted ladies riding him from town to town.
Oh, I swear one [D] day I'm gonna burn him, [C] oh, I'll see the ground, see the ground.
_ [Em] Slaves, [C]
slaves, [G] the face of [D] violence must be [Em] brave.
Hold on [C] for just a drop, young [Em] lady.
Slaves, [C]
slaves, [G] the face of [D] violence must be [Em] brave.
Hold on [C] for just a drop, young [Em] lady.
Slaves, _ [G] there's a rumor of a war that's yet to come, yet to come.
Let me free our families, free our families, sons and sons.
Make your labor land through waste to fair and waste to waste.
[C] For the price of [D] the least is a better [C] load to face, our police.
_ [Em] Slaves, [C]
slaves, [G] the face of [D] violence must be [E] brave.
Hold on for [C] just a drop, young [Em] lady.
Slaves, [C]
slaves, [G] the face of [D] violence must be [Em] brave.
Hold on for [C] just a drop, young [Em] lady.
Slaves, _
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[G] _ _ _ [Em] slaves, [C]
slaves, [G] the face of [D] violence must be brave.
[Em] Hold on for [C] just a drop, young lady.
[Em] Slaves, [C]
slaves, [G] the face of [D] violence must be brave.
[Em] Hold on for [C] just a drop, young lady.
[G] Slaves, [Em] _
_ _ [C] slaves, _ [G]
slaves, the face of [D] violence must be [Em] brave.
Hold on [C] for just a drop, young [Em] lady.
[C] Slaves, slaves, [G]
the face of [D] violence must be [Em] brave.
Hold on [C] for just a drop, [Em] young lady.
Slaves.
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