Kaleo – Free The Slave (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Am
Meet me by the riverside

Am
Later on the day

F                             Dm
Gonna watch the hanging of an honest man

Am
They say he ain't the guilty one

Am
But someone has to pay

F                               Dm
They will not be pleased before they see him hang
[Chorus 1]
               Am
As he cries out

Am
Turn and face the crowd

               F
As he cries out

Dm
No one makes a sound

               Am
As he cries out

Am
Before he hits the ground

            F
He cries out

Dm
Where's your spirit now?

F
Drown me in the river

G
String me from the tree

Dm                              Am
Won't you free the slave in me?
[Post-Chorus]
F      G Am
Oh, oh
[Verse 2]
Am
Leave me when the time is near

Am
Leave me be in peace

F                              Dm
This is not the way you should remember me

Am
Have you nothing else to say?

Am
Final words of truth

F
Forgive them, father

                              Dm
For they know not what they do
[Chorus 2]
               Am
As he cries out

Am
Mercy can't be found

               F
As he cries out

Dm
No one makes a sound

               Am
As he cries out

Am
Before he hits the ground

            F
He cries out

Dm
Where is your savior now?

F
Throw me in the ocean

G
Cast me in the sea

Dm                             Am
Won't you free the slave in me?
[Bridge] Don't you know, don't you know?
    Dm       C      E7           Am
Whoa, they're gonna come for you
You can run, run on out
    Dm       C      E7           Am
Oh, they're gonna come for you

                    Dm C E7 Am
Until you bleed, oh

                    Dm C E7 Am
Until you bleed, oh

F
Dark days are coming

G                       Am
Dark days so you should take shelter

           D
You should take shelter

F
Dark days are coming

G                Dm
Dark days are here
[Outro]
                         Am
Is your conscience clear?

F
Have you seen the brave man

G
Hanging from a tree?

Dm
Say, who will be the first to see?