• Song:

    Slave

  • Artist:

    Carly Simon

  • Album:

    Playing Possum

Slave - from Playing Possum - 1975

D (xx0232@1)                     Bm7Listening (x20202@1)for your footsteps
        D (xx0232@1)          CJust (x32010@1)waiting like a fool
D (xx0232@1)              G7Burning (320001@1)with a fever
      AOnly (x02220@1)you can cool

      D (xx0232@1)             Bm7The (x20202@1)clock beside my pillow
        D (xx0232@1)          CHas (x32010@1)ticked away the night
D (xx0232@1)              G7Like (320001@1)a heartbeat mocking me
      AUntil (x02220@1)the light

                    Am7 (x02010@1)          FGotta (133211@1)stop these thoughts about you
                 Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)Gotta learn to live without you
C (x32010@1)              Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)            Am7Gotta (x02010@1)find some freedom for this weary slave

             Em7       Am'Cause (x02210@1)I'm hungry for you
             Em7       AmAnd (x02210@1)I'm longing for you
             Em7       AmAnd (x02210@1)I'm burning for you

D (xx0232@1)                Bm7I (x20202@1)worship your opinions
        D (xx0232@1)          CAnd (x32010@1)I imitate your ways
D (xx0232@1)              G7I (320001@1)try to make you grace me
      AWith (x02220@1)a word of praise
    D (xx0232@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)
However much I tell myself
            D (xx0232@1)                CThat (x32010@1)I'm strong and free and brave
      D (xx0232@1)          G7I'm (320001@1)just another woman
           ARaised (x02220@1)to be a slave

Am (x02210@1)  A7 (x02020@1)             F (133211@1)
Slave, nothing but a slave
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)     CMind (x32010@1)of a slave
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)     AmBody (x02210@1)of a slave

    D (xx0232@1)             Bm7I (x20202@1)find I gave away the soul
          D (xx0232@1)         CThat (x32010@1)I wanted you to save
     D (xx0232@1)           G7I'm (320001@1)just another woman
                 ARaised (x02220@1)to be a slave
 Em7       AmHungry (x02210@1)for you
 Em7       AmAnd (x02210@1)longing for you
 Em7       AmBurning (x02210@1)for you
 Em7       AmAnd (x02210@1)I'm longing for you
 Em7       Amburning (x02210@1)for you
 Em7       AmAnd (x02210@1)I'm yearning for you
 Em7       AmLonging (x02210@1)for you

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