Chords for Jimmy Cliff - Poor Slave

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Poor slave, _ _ [Bb] _ take the shackles [F] off your body _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] Poor slave, _ _ [F] put the shackles [Bb] on your mind _ _ _ _ _ _
Please listen to [Eb] me carefully, _ [Dm]
and if I'm wrong [Cm] then correct [F] me
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But if I'm right, [Eb] mine's not praise, [Dm]
now let us see [Cm] if we [Bb] agree _
The definition [Eb] of a slave [Dm]
means one's not free [Cm] entirely
[F] _ [Bb] So a slave [Eb] is still a slave _ [Dm]
if he can't think [Cm] _ [Bb] independently _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Poor slave, _ [Bb] _ take the chains [F] off your body _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] Poor slave, _ [F] _ put the chains [Bb] on your mind
A _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ tree [Eb] is still a tree, _ [Dm]
though it shed its [Cm] leaves when winter [F] falls
[Bb] But it blooms [Eb] again in spring, [Dm] but it did not lose [Cm] its roots at all
But a slave _ [Eb] remains a slave [Dm] _
without the [Cm] knowledge of [F] his roots
[Bb]
Until _ _ [Eb] he's taught _ _ [Dm]
not just some, [Cm] but all [Bb] the truths
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] Poor slave, _ [C] _ take the shackles [G] off your body _ [C] _ _ _ [F] Poor slave, _ [G] _ put the shackles [C] on your mind _ _ _ _ _
There was a brother [F] the other day, [Em] _
telling [Dm] me he's feeling [G] high
[C]
Well I just [F] sadly had to sigh, [Em] _
cause drugs and [Dm] booze is [C] lowering _
And if I'm [F] asked how to get high, [Em] _
I'd tell the [Dm] truth and [G] not a lie
[C]
The highest [F] high I'm meant to get [Em] is wisdom, [Dm] knowledge and [C] understanding _
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Poor slave, _ [C] _ ease the [G] pressure off your body _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F]
Poor slave, _ [G] _ [D] put the pressure [C] on your mind
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Poor slave, _ [C] _ evade the [G] pressure off your body [C] _ _ _ _ [F]
Poor slave, _ [G] _ put the pressure [C] on your mind
_ _ _ _ [F] Poor slave, _ [C] _ take the [G] shackles off your body _ [C] _ _ _ [F] Poor slave, _ [G] _ _ put the shackles on your [C] mind
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