C  G

[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
              C                               D                     C          G
Oh, we've got to free our brothers from their shackles, yeah, if we can, if we can

[Verse 2]
G                                                       C/G
Most nights I have to watch my woman cry, oh, she cries
G                                                  C/G
Every day I watch the colonel smile, oh, he smiles
G
His painted ladies riding in from town, in from town
            C                 D                          C              G
Oh, I swear one day I'm gonna burn the whorehouse to the ground, to the ground

[Chorus]
Em        C
Slave, slave
   G                          D
To fight the violence we must be brave
Em                         C
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em N.C.  G
Slave

[Verse 3]
G                                                         C/G
There's a rumor of a war that's yet to come, yet to come
G                                                                        C/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
        C                     D              C            G
Oh, the price of release is a bitter blow to face, oh, to face

[Chorus]
Em        C
Slave, slave
   G                          D
To fight the violence we must be brave
Em                         C
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em N.C.  G
Slave

[Slide Guitar Solo]
G    C/G G
C   D   C G

[Chorus]
Em            C
Slave, oh, slave
   G                             D
To fight the violence we must be brave
Em                         C
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em        C
Slave, slave
   G                             D
To fight the violence we must be brave
Em                         C
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Em N.C.
Slave

[Outro]
G       C/G G C/G G
C   D   C G   C/G G
C/G G