CG
[Verse 1]
G
There's a river running sweat right through our land, through our land
G
Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand, in his hand
G
And I've taken just as much as I can stand, I can stand
CDCG
Oh, we've got to free our brothers from their shackles, yeah, if we can, if we can
[Verse 2]
GC/G
Most nights I have to watch my woman cry, oh, she cries
GC/G
Every day I watch the colonel smile, oh, he smiles
G
His painted ladies riding in from town, in from town
CDCG
Oh, I swear one day I'm gonna burn the whorehouse to the ground, to the ground
[Chorus]
EmC
Slave, slave
GD
To fight the violence we must be brave
EmC
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em N.C. G
Slave
[Verse 3]
GC/G
There's a rumor of a war that's yet to come, yet to come
GC/G
That may free our families, free our families and our sons, and our sons
G
It may lay green lands to barren waste, all to waste, all to waste
CDCG
Oh, the price of release is a bitter blow to face, oh, to face
[Chorus]
EmC
Slave, slave
GD
To fight the violence we must be brave
EmC
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em N.C. G
Slave
[Slide Guitar Solo]
GC/GGCDCG
[Chorus]
EmC
Slave, oh, slave
GD
To fight the violence we must be brave
EmC
Hold on strong to the love God gave
EmC
Slave, slave
GD
To fight the violence we must be brave
EmC
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em N.C.
Slave
[Outro]
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