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Bob Marley

Slave Driver

by Bob Marley
Bob Marley

Biography:

Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley which was later to be changed by passport officials to Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of Reggae, and more specifically Roots Reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Much of his music dealt with the struggles of the spiritually wealthy rasta and/or spiritually powerful Jah Rastafari.

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565 Artist   47 Music   216 Tab Tab
...SLAVE DRIVER... by Bob Marley
------------------..............

*from 'Catch A Fire' (1973)*


Intro:

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Oo..............H,
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Ooh... ooh...

Chorus 1:

Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Slave driver, the table is turned, (catch a fire).
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Catch a fire, so you can get burned, now, (catch a fire).
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Slave driver, the table is turned, (catch a fire).
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Catch a fire, you're gonna get burned, (catch a fire).

Verse 1:

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

Chorus 2:

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

Verse 2:

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

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

Chorus 3:

Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Slave driver; the table is turned y'all, (catch a fire),
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Catch a fire, so you can get burned, (catch a fire).
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Slave driver; the table is turned y'all, (catch a fire),
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
Catch a fire, so you can get burned, (catch a fire).

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

Am7 Bm7

EADGBE EADGBE
575555 797777


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])




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