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Drifters Wife by J.J. Cale
Drifters Wife
Tuning: E A D G B E
Short bars are 2/4
[Intro]
| C | G | B7 | Em |
| G D | G C | G | D | G | G |
[Verse 1]
C G
Had me a woman down in Tennessee
B7 Em
Boy she used to love me
G D G C
Free fever got me and I had to go
G D G
I never seen that woman no more
[Verse 2]
C G
New York City is a place I been
B7 Em
I was there one time with a travellin' band
G D G C
Young girl there wanted me to stay
G D G
I think she wanted me to pay
[Chorus]
C G
Roll it out, roll it in
B7 Em
Here we go down the road again
G D G C
Drifter's life is a drifter's wife
G D G
Don't say I didn't tell you so
[Break]
| B7 | Em | B7 | Em |
| G D | G C | G | D | G | G |
[Verse 3]
C G
Travellin' man now he don't know
B7 Em
Only what he hears on the radio
G D G C
Politics and money don't bother him
G D G
Only good lookin' women and a bottle of gin
[Verse 4]
C G
Portland, Oregon, to the Mexican line
B7 Em
Boy let me tell you the women are fine
G D G C
If you don't hang around there very long
G D G
They'll never ever know you're gone
[Chorus]
C G
Roll it out, roll it in
B7 Em
Here we go down the road again
G D G C
Drifter's wife is a drifter's life
G D G
Don't say I didn't tell you so
[Outro]
| C | G | B7 | Em |
| G D | G C | G | D | G | G G
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
C G B7 Em G D
e|-3-0--------|----------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-----3p1----|-3-----0--------|----0--0-----|-------0-------|---0--3------|
G|---------0--|---0-------0----|-2-------2---|---0-------0---|-0-------2---|
D|---2--------|-----0-------0--|----1------1-|-----2-------2-|------0------|
A|-3---3------|----------------|-2-----------|---------------|-----------0-|
E|------------|-3-------3------|-------2-----|-0-------0-----|-3-----------|
G C G D (2/4) G G
e|--------------|----------------|-------|----------------|----------------|
B|-----0-----1--|-3-----0--------|----0--|-0-----0--------|------0-------0-|
G|---0-----0----|---0-------0----|--2----|---0-------3-2--|-0--------0-----|
D|--------------|-----0-------0--|-------|-----0-------0--|----0--------0--|
A|-------3------|----------------|--0----|----------------|----------------|
E|-3------------|-3-------3------|-------|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|
[Verses]
C G B7 Em G D
e|-3----3-------|----------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
B|--1-------1---|-3-----3--------|----0--0-----|-------0-------|---0--3------|
G|--------------|---0-------0----|-2-------2---|---0-------0---|-0-------2---|
D|----2-------2-|-----0-------0--|----1------1-|-----2-------2-|------0------|
A|-3------3-----|----------------|-2-----------|---------------|-----------0-|
E|--------------|-3-------3------|-------2-----|-0-------0-----|-3-----------|
G C G D G G
e|--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-----0-----1--|-3---------0---|-0-----0--------|------0-------0-|
G|---0-----0----|---0-----2---2-|---0-------3-2--|-0--------0-----|
D|--------------|-----0---------|-----0-------0--|----0--------0--|
A|-------3------|---------0-----|----------------|----------------|
E|-3------------|-3-------------|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|
[Verse 1]
C G
Had me a woman down in Tennessee
B7 Em
Boy she used to love me
G D G C
Free fever got me and I had to go
G D G
I never seen that woman no more
[Verse 2]
C G
New York City is a place I been
B7 Em
I was there one time with a travellin' band
G D G C
Young girl there wanted me to stay
G D G
I think she wanted me to pay
[Chorus]
C G
Roll it out, roll it in
B7 Em
Here we go down the road again
G D G C
Drifters life is a drifters wife
G D G
Don't say I didn't tell you so
[Instrumental]
B7 Em B7 Em G D
e|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
B|----0--0-----|-------0-------|----0--0-----|-------0-------|---0--3------|
G|-2-------2---|---0-------0---|-2-------2---|---0-------0---|-0-------2---|
D|----1------1-|-----2-------2-|----1------1-|-----2-------2-|------0------|
A|-2-----------|---------------|-2-----------|---------------|-----------0-|
E|-------2-----|-0-------0-----|-------2-----|-0-------0-----|-3-----------|
G C G D (2/4) G G
e|--------------|----------------|-------|----------------|----------------|
B|-----0-----1--|-3-----0--------|----0--|-0-----0--------|------0-------0-|
G|---0-----0----|---0-------0----|--2----|---0-------3-2--|-0--------0-----|
D|--------------|-----0-------0--|-------|-----0-------0--|----0--------0--|
A|-------3------|----------------|--0----|----------------|----------------|
E|-3------------|-3-------3------|-------|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|
[Verse 3]
C G
Travellin'man now he don't know
B7 Em
Only what he hears on the radio
G D G C
Politics and money don't bother him
G D G
Only good lookin' women and a bottle of gin
[Verse 4]
C G
Portland, Oregon, to the Mexican line
B7 Em
Boy let me tell you the women are fine
G D G C
If you don't hang around there very long
G D G
They'll never ever know you're gone
[Chorus]
C G
Roll it out, roll it in
B7 Em
Here we go down the road again
G D G C
Drifters life is a drifters wife
G D G
Don't say I didn't tell you so
[Ending]
C G B7 Em G D
e|-3-0--------|----------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-----3p1----|-3-----0--------|----0--0-----|-------0-------|---0--3------|
G|---------0--|---0-------0----|-2-------2---|---0-------0---|-0-------2---|
D|---2--------|-----0-------0--|----1------1-|-----2-------2-|------0------|
A|-3---3------|----------------|-2-----------|---------------|-----------0-|
E|------------|-3-------3------|-------2-----|-0-------0-----|-3-----------|
G C G D (2/4) G
e|--------------|----------------|-------|-------------------------3-|
B|-----0-----1--|-3-----0--------|----0--|-0-----0---0---0---------3-|
G|---0-----0----|---0-------0----|--2----|---0-------------3-2-0-----|
D|--------------|-----0-------0--|-------|-----0-------0-------------|
A|-------3------|----------------|--0----|---------------------------|
E|-3------------|-3-------3------|-------|-3-------3---------------3-|
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