Chords for Eric Burdon: "Gotta Serve Somebody" (Acoustic Live In Joshua Tree)

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[E] It's good to know that people who have no representation [D#] and feel [A] that they're forgotten
have someone looking out for them.
Armistice needed more today than it ever was.
[E] I did my time and I wish somebody had [A#] spoken up for me when I was [A] in there.
In Germany, a [G] terrorist [C] acts against the state.
I was innocent, of course.
_ _ Unfortunately, it was the British ambassador and he brought me magazines that were 20 years old.
But I made it through.
_ It's a terrific organisation and I'm only too happy to be able to help out and contribute.
When they first approached me, I said,
I want to do, [D] I've got to serve somebody because a friend of mine who's [Am] no longer in the world,
years ago we were talking about Bob Dylan's catalogue and [E] he said to me,
you know, if you ever get to do a Bob Dylan song.
_ [G#m] And I think it's one of Bob's best because it leaves open the [A] space for the musicians that are playing it
to invent their own groove.
In honour of Bo Diddley, as well as Amnesty International,
I used a Bo Diddley riff on this [Em] song.
I know he would appreciate that.
And [D] that's how the arrangement came about.
You _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [D#] _ [D] _
_ [Am] might be an ambassador [D] [Em] to England [A] or France.
You might like to gamble.
[G] _ [Am] You might like [Bm] dance.
[A] You might be the heavyweight [D] [A] champion of the world.
_ Could be a socialite with a long [C] string of pearls.
[Cm] But you gotta [D] serve somebody. _
Serve [Am] somebody.
Yeah, you [A] gotta serve somebody. _
Serve somebody.
[E] It might be the devil.
[D]
It might be the Lord.
But you gotta [A] serve somebody.
[F#m] _
[G] _ [A] _ [G] _ [C] [A] You might be a rock and [Gm] roller, [A] prancing on stage.
[Em] _ [A] Might have money and drugs, women [F#] in a cage.
[D] [A] You might be a Finland [A] man or some Wall Street thief.
They may call you doctor.
[G] [A] They may call you [C] chief, but you [D] gotta serve somebody.
Serve somebody.
[F#m] Yeah, you gotta serve somebody.
[D] _ [A] [F#m] Serve [A#m] somebody.
[Bm] It might be the devil.
[Am] It might be the [G] Lord.
But [A] you gotta serve somebody.
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] You could [D] be a state trooper.
[A] You might be a young turd.
[G] [A] You might be the head [G] of some [A] big TV [Em] network.
[Am] You may be rich or poor.
[F#] [A] You may be blind or lame. _ _ _
_ [D] [A] I'm not gonna assume name, but [D] you gotta serve somebody.
_ Serve somebody.
Yeah, you gotta [A] serve somebody.
_ _ Serve somebody.
_ [E] It might be the [C#] devil.
[D] It might be the Lord.
But you [A] gotta serve somebody.
[G] _ [C#m] _ [A] _ _ You might be [G] a construction worker, [A] working on a home.
[G] _ [A] Maybe living in a mansion.
Maybe living in a dome.
You may even own guns.
You may even own tanks.
Might be somebody's [Em] landlord.
May [Am] even own a [Cm] bank.
But you gotta [D] serve somebody.
_ Serve somebody.
_ [A] Serve [Em] somebody.
[B] _ [A] Serve somebody.
[E] _ It might be the [D#] devil.
[D] It might be the Lord.
But you [A] gotta serve somebody.
_ [F] _ [D] _ [C] _ You [A] may be a preacher with your own spiritual [G] pride.
[A] You may be a city [G] councilman [A] taking bribes on [G] the side.
[A] You may be working in a barber shop.
You may even know how to cut hair.
_ Maybe somebody's mistress.
Maybe somebody's au pair.
[D] But you gotta serve somebody.
_ Serve somebody.
Yeah, you [A] gotta serve somebody.
_ Serve somebody.
[E] It might be the devil.
[D] It might be the Lord.
But you gotta [A] serve somebody.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ Might like to wear cotton.
_ Might like to wear silk.
_ Might like to drink whiskey.
_ Might even like milk.
May even like caviar.
Soak it up with your bread.
Maybe sleeping on the [Em] floor.
Or sleeping in a king size bed.
But you gotta [D] serve [Am]
somebody.
_ [D] Serve somebody.
You gotta [A] serve somebody.
_ Serve somebody.
[E] It might be the devil.
[D] It might be the Lord.
But you gotta [A] serve somebody.
_ _ _ Yeah, you gotta serve [Em] somebody.
_ [Am] You gotta lay your body and your soul [G] [C] down.
_ [A] Way down to [D] the [C] ground.
[A] But you gotta be in the service of [F#] somebody.
[Am] _ [A] You gotta serve somebody. _
_ _ You gotta [G] serve [F#m] somebody.
_ [G] Yeah.
_ [A#] [E] Well, it might be the devil.
[D] It might be the Lord.
But you gotta [A] serve somebody.
[Bm] _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ _ _
It's _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
a bit frightening to see that, you know,
according to Google, I died when I was like 46.
You know, he was in a barn called War.
And then it ended and that was it.
And where is he?
Nobody knows where he is.
Well, _ maybe now I'm on Google.
You'll figure out who I am and where I [N] am.