Gotta Serve Somebody Chords by Mavis Staples

_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [A] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
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_ You may be [C] an ambassador to England or France.
[Eb] [C] You may like to gamble.
You might like to [F] [Eb] dance.
[C] You may be the [Am] heavyweight champion [C] of the world.
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls, but you're [F] gonna have to serve somebody. _ _
[C] You're gonna have to serve somebody. _ _
_ [G] Well, it may be the devil [F] or it may be the Lord, but you're [Cm] gonna have to [Bbm] serve somebody.
[Am] _ [A] _
_ [C] You might be [Cm] a rock and roll addict, prancing on the stage.
You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage.
You may be a businessman or some high degree thief.
They may call you a doctor [Eb] or they may call [Cm] you a chief, but you're [F] gonna have to serve somebody. _
Yeah, you've [C] got to [Cm] serve [C] somebody. _
_ [G] Well, it may be the devil [F] or it may be the [Eb] Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody.
[Bb] _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ [Cm] You may be a state trooper.
You may be a young Turk.
You may be the head of some big TV network.
You may be rich or poor.
You may be blind or [Bb] lame.
[C] You may be [Cm] living in another country under another name, but [F] you're gonna have to serve somebody.
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Oh Lord, [F] you've [C] got to serve [Cm] somebody. _ _
_ [G] Well, it may be the devil [F] or it may be the Lord, but you're [C] gonna have to serve somebody.
_ [Am] [D] Serve somebody.
_ [F] [Cm] You may be a construction [A] worker, [Cm] working on a home.
You may live in a mansion or you might live in a dome.
You might own guns.
You might even own tanks.
[C] You [Eb] might be somebody's [Am] landlord [Cm] or you might own a bank, but you're [F] gonna have to serve somebody. _
Listen, [C] you've got to serve [Eb] somebody.
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Well, [Gm] it [G] may be the devil or [F] it may be the Lord, but [C] you're gonna have to serve somebody.
[Am] _ [C] _
_ [Cm] You may be a preacher with your spirit of Christ.
You may be a city councilman, taking bribes on the side.
Working in a flower shop, they know how to cut a hair.
_ Maybe somebody's [C] mistress, maybe [Eb] somebody's [Am] heir.
[F] Serve _ _ _ somebody.
Yeah, _ [C] serve somebody. _ _
_ _ [G] It may be the [F] devil or it may be the Lord, but you're [Cm] gonna have to serve [Bb] somebody.
[Am] _ _
[Cm] _ You might like to wear cotton.
You might like to wear silk.
You might like to drink whiskey.
You might like to [Eb] drink milk.
You might like to eat caviar.
You [C] might like to [Cm] eat bread.
You may be sleeping on the floor, [C] sleeping on [Cm] a king size [F] bed.
Serve somebody. _
Yeah, [Cm] you gotta serve somebody.
_ [C] Serve somebody.
_ [G] It may be the devil [F] or it may be the Lord, but [C] you're gonna have to serve somebody.
_ Serve [Cm] _ somebody.
You may [C] call me Terry.
You [Cm] may call me Jimmy.
_ You may call me Bobby.
You may call me Zimmy.
You may call me Audrey.
_ You may call me Mae.
You may call me anything, no matter what you say.
[F] You gotta serve somebody.
Listen [Bb] y'all, [Eb] [C] you're gonna serve [Eb] somebody.
[C] Serve somebody.
[G] Well, it may be the devil [F] or it may be the Lord, but [Cm] you're gonna have to [C] serve somebody. _
[Cm] Serve somebody.
It may be the devil _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or it may be the Lord, _ _ but you're gonna have to serve _ somebody.
[C] _
Serve somebody.
You [Eb] gotta serve _ _ somebody.
[C] You gotta [Cm] serve _ _ somebody.
You gotta [C] _ serve somebody.
I don't mind.
_ Let me know.
_ [Cm] _ I said I don't mind.
Let me know by me.
_ I choose the Lord.
I'm gonna serve Him till the day I die.
Mm-hmm. _ _
You wanna know why don't you?
Well, uh, _ _
_ He's a friend
_ above all of us.
I'd love to serve somebody.
He's my friend.
_ He's a doctor.
He's a medic.
He helps.
_ _ I'm gonna serve somebody. _ _
You see, I'm sliding
late on the [F] first evening.
[Cm] _ [C] In the afternoon time.
I don't know where to go.
_ [Cm] Fall down on my [C] knees.
That's all [Cm] I gotta do, you see.
I got a royal telephone. _ _
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