Gotta Serve Somebody Chords by Etta James

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_ [Cm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ Maybe ambassador to England or France.
May like to gamble, _ might like to dance.
Maybe the heavyweight champion of the world.
Maybe a socialite with long, stringy curls.
[F] But you gotta serve somebody. _
_ _ [C] Hey, you gotta serve [F] [Cm] somebody.
_ _ _ [G] Maybe the devil, [F]
maybe the Lord, but you [C] gotta [Bb] serve somebody.
[Am] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [C] Rock and roll addict, prancing on the stage.
Drugs that choke a man, women in cages.
_ Maybe a businessman, some high degree thief.
They call you doctor, they call you chief.
[Cm] [F] You gotta serve somebody. _
_ _ _ [C] Oh, serve somebody. _
[A] _ _ [G] Might be the devil, all [F] along, but you gotta [C] serve somebody. _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] Maybe a day trooper, maybe a young Turk.
_ Maybe the head of some big TV network.
Maybe rich or poor, maybe blind or lame.
He's living in another country, under another name.
But you [F] gotta serve somebody. _
Oh, _ [C] _ serve somebody. _
_ Might [G] be the devil, all [F] along, _ but you [C] gotta serve [Eb] [C] somebody.
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[Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
Maybe _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] a [C] construction worker, working on her own.
_ _ Living in a mansion, might live in a dome.
Might own guns, you might keep your own.
You might be somebody's landlord, [Gm] or you might own [Cm] a bank.
But you gotta serve somebody. _
_ _ [F] [C] Oh, serve [Cm] somebody.
_ _ [G] Might be the devil, all [F] along, but you gotta [C] serve somebody.
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[A] _ [Fm] _ [C] You may be a creature, with a spiritual pride.
You may be a councilman, taking bribes on the side.
Working in a barber shop, may know how to cut hair.
Or maybe somebody's mistress, or maybe [Cm] somebody's _ [F] a_ Serve somebody. _
_ _ _ [C] You gotta serve somebody.
[Eb] _ [C] It [G] might be the devil, all [F] along, but you [C] gotta serve somebody.
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_ [Ab] _ [B] [C] You might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk.
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk.
Might like to eat caviar, might like to eat bread.
Maybe sleeping on the floor, even on a king [Cm] size bed.
[F] But you gotta [Cm] serve [F] somebody. _
_ Oh, [C] serve somebody.
[Cm] _
_ _ [G] Might be the devil, all [F] along, _ but you [C] gotta serve [Cm] somebody.
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_ _ [C] _ You may call me [Dm] Terry, [C]
you may call me Jimmy.
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy.
You may call me EJ, you may call me May.
You may call me anything, no [Cm] matter what you say.
But you [F] gotta serve somebody.
Serve somebody.
[C] Oh, you gotta serve somebody.
Serve somebody.
Might [G] be the devil, all [F] along, _ but you [C] gotta serve somebody.
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_ [Ab] _ _ [C] Serve somebody.
Serve _ _ _ somebody. _
Serve somebody.
Serve somebody.
Might be the devil, _ _ _ _ _ but you could be the Lord. _
Serve somebody.
_ _ Serve somebody. _
_ Let me tell you, serve somebody. _
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