Intro: 
Bb  -  F  -  Gm  D#  Bb  F



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  Ministers of religion
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have visited me many times to talk about it

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  They say to me..  I gotta leave it
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  I gotta leave it.. It's a bad habit for a man

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  But when I try,     to leave it
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  my friends keep telling me.. I'm a fool amongst fools 



Chorus:
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  Now I'm a slave,   a slave
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I'm a slave.. I'm a liquor slave

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  I'm a slave,   a slave
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  I'm a slave.. Just a liquor slave

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I have lost my dignity I had before 
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 trying to please everybody

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Some say to me yo yo I look better when I'm drunk
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 Some say no no no I look bad you know

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Sometimes I cry.. I cry 
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  but my crying never helps me none 'Cos now 


Chorus:
I am a slave, a slave
I'm a slave
I'm just a liquor slave
I am a slave, a prisoner
I'm a slave
Just a liquor slave


Every night when I'm
coming back home
My wife gets worried
'cos she knows
Shes got double trouble
coming home
Sometimes I cry
I cry lord I cry
But my crying
never helps me