J.J. Cale

Drifters Wife

J.J. Cale


Tom: Em

[Intro]
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[Verses]
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[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]
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B|----0--0-----|-------0-------|----0--0-----|-------0-------|---0--3------|
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[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]
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