Chords for Elton John - Slave (first version) (1972) With Lyrics!

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_ _ _ There's a river running right from New Orleans, New Orleans. _
Delver by a man with a bow, ribbon, and hand in hand.
And I take on just as much as I can stand, I can stand.
[C] Oh, we got to be a brother [D] from the shackle, yeah, if we can [G] and can. _
Most nights I have to watch my woman rise and rise.
_ Every day I watch the colonel smile, oh, smile.
_ Painted ladies riding him from town to town.
[C] Oh, and well one [D] day I'm gonna burn him, [C] oh, I'll do the ground, do the ground.
_ [Em] Slaves, [C] slaves, [G] the vapor [D] violets must be [Em] brave.
Hold on for [C] just a little while, yeah.
[Em] Slaves, [C] slaves, [G] the vapor [D] violets must be [Em] brave.
Hold on [C] for just a little while, yeah.
[Em] _ _ Slaves, [G]
there's a rumor of a war that's yet to come.
It's a come, let me free our families, free our families, sons and sons.
If slavery led to a waste of garland, waste of waste.
[C] For the prize of [D] release is a better [C] ploy to [G] amaze all the police.
_ [Em] Slaves, [C] slaves, [G] the vapor [D] violets must be [B] brave.
Hold on for [C] just a little while, yeah.
[Em] Slaves, [C] slaves, [G] the vapor [D] violets must be [Em] brave.
Hold on for [C] just a little while, yeah.
[Em] Slaves.
Hey, _ _ [G] _
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_ [Em] _ _ [C] hey, hey, [Em]
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
[C] hey, hey, hey, hey, [D] _
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_ hey, hey.
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