• Song:

    Slave Driver

  • Artist:

    Bob Marley

  • Album:

    Catch a Fire

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

...SLAVE DRIVER... by Bob Marley
------------------..............

*from 'Catch A Fire' (1973)*

Intro:

Bm7  Am7  Bm7  Am7
 Oo..............B,
Bm7   Am7 Bm7  Am7
 Ooh...   ooh...

Chorus 1:

Am7 (x02010@1)  Bm7 (x20202@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)                  Am7 (x02010@1)Slave driver,  the table is turned, (catch a fire).
        Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1)           Bm7 (x20202@1)                       Am7Catch (x02010@1)a fire,  so you can get burned, now, (catch a fire).
      Bm7 (x20202@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)                  Am7Slave (x02010@1)driver,  the table is turned, (catch a fire).
        Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1)             Bm7 (x20202@1)                  Am7Catch (x02010@1)a fire,  you're gonna get burned, (catch a fire).

Verse 1:

Bm7 (x20202@1)                 Am7 (x02010@1)           Bm7 (x20202@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip; my blood runs cold.
Bm7 (x20202@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)              Bm7 (x20202@1)                  Am7 (x02010@1)I remember on the slave ship, how they brutalise our very souls.
Bm7 (x20202@1)                Am7 (x02010@1)        Bm7 (x20202@1)                  Am7 (x02010@1)Today they say that we are free;  only to be chained in poverty.
Bm7 (x20202@1)                      Am7 (x02010@1)     Bm7 (x20202@1)                     Am7 (x02010@1)Good God, I think it's il-literacy;  it's only a machine that makes money.

Chorus 2:

Am7 (x02010@1)  Bm7 (x20202@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1) Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1)Slave driver;  the table is turned, y'all,    (Oo..............h),
Am7 (x02010@1)  Bm7 (x20202@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)        Bm7 (x20202@1)            Am7 (x02010@1) Slave driver, uh, the table is turned baby, now.
        Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1)           Bm7Catch (x20202@1)a fire,  so you can get burned, now.
Am7 (x02010@1)  Bm7 (x20202@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)                  Am7 (x02010@1)Slave driver,  the table is turned, (catch a fire).
        Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1)           Bm7 (x20202@1)                       Am7Catch (x02010@1)a fire,  so you can get burned, now, (catch a fire).

Verse 2:

Bm7 (x20202@1)                 Am7 (x02010@1)           Bm7 (x20202@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip; my blood runs cold.
Bm7 (x20202@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)              Bm7 (x20202@1)                  Am7 (x02010@1)I remember on the slave ship, how they brutalise our very souls.

Bm7   Am7   Bm7 Am7
 (Oo............ooh-ooh),
Bm7 (x20202@1)               Am7 (x02010@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)Am7 (x02010@1)Oh God, have mercy on our souls!

Chorus 3:

Bm7 (x20202@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)                         Am7Slave (x02010@1)driver;  the table is turned  y'all, (catch a fire),
       Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1)           Bm7 (x20202@1)                  Am7Catch (x02010@1)a fire, so you can get burned, (catch a fire).
      Bm7 (x20202@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)                         Am7Slave (x02010@1)driver;  the table is turned  y'all, (catch a fire),
       Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1)           Bm7 (x20202@1)                  Am7Catch (x02010@1)a fire, so you can get burned, (catch a fire).

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Am7 (x02010@1)   Bm7 (x20202@1)EADGBE  EADGBE
 575555  797777

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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