Slave Driver Chords by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:

Bm

D

Am

F#m

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Slave Driver (1973) - Bob Marley & The Wailers chords
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[N] [D#] [G]
[A] [D]
[Am]
[Bm] [D] [Am]
[Bm] [D]
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm] [D]
[Bm]
[F#m] [A] [D]
[Am] [D] [Bm]
[Am] [B]
[F#m]
[Bm] Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
[F#m] You're gonna [Bm] get burned, [D] burned out
[Bm] Every time I hear the cronk of [Am] the wind
[Bm] My blood runs [Am] cold
[Bm] I remember [F#m] on the slate shed
[Bm] Out [D] of the last pair of soles
[Bm] Today they say that you're [Am] free
[Bm] Only [D] to be chained in poverty
[Bm]
Now who's gonna take it [F#m] illiteracy
[Bm] It's [D] only the machine that makes money
To save [Bm] climate
[Am] A table is a [Bm] girl's [D] yard
[Am] [Bm] [D]
[Am] [D]
To [Am] [Bm] save climate
[F#m] A [D] table is [Bm] a girl's [F#m] yard
Gas the [Bm]
fire [Am] so you can get [Bm]
burned [D] baby now.
Smell [Bm] it, bite [Am] it, if you're able, [Bm] it's personal.
[F#m] Gas the [Bm] fire [A] so you can [Bm] get burned baby now.
[D]
[Bm] Every time I hear the crock [F#m] of the wind, [Bm] my blood [F#m] runs cold.
[Bm] I remember [Am] on the plane ship [Bm] how [D] they breathed the lives of their souls.
[Bm]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [Bm]
The thought of [D] personal souls.
Let it [Bm] dry back, [Am] the rhythm is [Bm] personal.
[A]
Gas the [Bm] fire [F#m] so you can [Bm] get burned.
[D]
Let [Bm] it dry back, [Am] the rhythm [B] is personal.
[F#m] [Bm]
[Am]
Key:  
Bm
13421112
D
1321
Am
2311
F#m
123111112
A
1231
Bm
13421112
D
1321
Am
2311
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To learn Bob Marley & The Wailers - (Jamaican Extended Version / 2023) Slave Driver chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - D, Am, Bm, Am, Bm, D, F#m, Bm, D and Bm. You can use ChordU's Free Tempo controller to start at a slower pace and then gradually increase your speed. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: G Major.

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[N] _ [D#] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
_ [F#m] _ You're gonna [Bm] get burned, _ _ [D] burned out
_ _ [Bm] _ Every time I hear the cronk of [Am] the wind
[Bm] _ My blood runs [Am] cold
_ _ [Bm] I remember [F#m] on the slate shed
[Bm] _ Out [D] of the last pair of soles
[Bm] _ Today they say that you're [Am] free
[Bm] Only [D] to be chained in poverty
_ [Bm]
Now who's gonna take it [F#m] _ illiteracy _
[Bm] It's [D] only the machine that makes money
To save _ [Bm] climate
_ [Am] _ A table is a [Bm] girl's _ _ [D] yard
[Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
To [Am] _ [Bm] save _ climate
_ [F#m] A [D] table is [Bm] a girl's [F#m] yard
_ Gas the [Bm] _
fire _ [Am] _ so you can get [Bm]
burned [D] baby now.
_ _ Smell [Bm] it, bite _ [Am] it, if you're able, [Bm] it's personal.
_ _ [F#m] _ Gas the [Bm] _ fire _ [A] _ so you can [Bm] get burned baby now.
[D] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] Every time I hear the crock [F#m] of the wind, [Bm] _ my blood [F#m] runs cold.
_ [Bm] I remember [Am] on the plane ship [Bm] how [D] they breathed the lives of their _ souls.
[Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _
The thought of [D] personal _ souls.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Let it [Bm] dry back, [Am] _ the rhythm is [Bm] _ personal.
_ [A] _ _
Gas the [Bm] _ fire [F#m] so you can [Bm] get burned.
[D] _ _
_ Let [Bm] it dry back, [Am] _ the rhythm [B] is personal. _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was authored by Bob Marley.

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