Slave - Elton John (Honky Chateau 7 of 10) Chords

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There's a river running, sweat right through our land,
through our land.
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[G] Driven by a man with a full whip in his hand, in his hand.
_ [C] And [G] I've taken [C] just as [G] much as [C] I can [G] stand, I can [C] stand.
[G] _ _ Oh, we [C] got to free our brothers from [D] the shackles, yeah,
[C] if we [G] can, if we can. _ _ _ _ _
_ Most nights I have to watch my [C] woman [G] cry, oh, she cries. _ _
_ Every day I watch the colonel smile, oh, he smiles.
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_ [G] Rainy ladies riding in from town, in from town.
_ _ Oh, [C] I swear one day I'm [D] going to burn the whole house
to the [C] ground, to [G] the ground. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Slave, _ [C] slave, _
_ [G] to fight the violence we [D] must be brave.
[Em] Hold on strong to [C] the love God gave [Em] you, slave. _ _ _ _ _
[G] There's a rumor of a war that's yet to come, yet to come.
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[G] You may free our [C] families, [G] free our families and our sons,
and our sons. _ _
It may lay green lands, barren waste, all the waste,
all the [C] waste.
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Or the [C] price of releases [D] a bit of load [C] of space, [G] all the space. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ Slave, [C] slave, _ [G] to fight the violence we [D] must be brave.
[Em] Hold on strong to the [C] love God gave [Em] you, slave. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] Slave, [C] oh, slave, _ [G] to fight the violence we [D] must be brave.
[Em] Hold on strong to [C] the love God gave [Em] you, slave.
_ _ [C] Slave, _ [G] to fight the violence [D] we must be brave.
[Em] Hold on strong to [C] the love God gave you, [Em] slave.
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