Gordon Lightfoot – Drifters (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[INTRO] G C/G G C/G G [VERSE 1]
                                     C
I don't believe in miracles, if it's all the same by you

     D                 C                G
Your wishes would come true if I had my say

Em                    G
Whether it's right or wrong

    C              D
The words of every song

  C            G
Remind us of a love we knew

      Am7                Bb        Am7          D   G
Where love should not go wrong, in yesterdays
[CHORUS]
           Am       G
Hang on ye drifters now

        C          D      Em     D    G
You got so much to go and gamble on

                  Am       G
Watch out for the shifting sand

    C            D  G    C/G  G  C/G  G
Wherever you may ramble
[VERSE 2]
                                 C
Even now, as I look back and see all that's come to pass

  D              C                G      Em
I can't remember how it was I got here

                 G
Look around this place

          C              D
There's a smile on every face

      C                G
We're somewhere in the afterglow

    Am7             Bb         Am7             D      G
Out there among the stars, out there among the bars
[CHORUS]
           Am       G
Hang on ye drifters now

        C         D      Em        D     G
You got places to go and people to meet

                  Am       G
Watch out for the shifting tide

    C            D  G    C/G  G  C/G  G
Wherever you may travel
[VERSE 3]
                                      C
I know I should not complain, because life's been good to me

   D                  C                 G
It feels real good to be stranded on my own

Em                G
Be that as it may be

C              D
We are what we are

     C               G
I'll find you at the afterglow

    Am7             Bb       Am7         D   G
Out there among the stars of yesteryear
[CHORUS]
           Am       G
Hang on ye drifters now

        C          D      Em     D    G
You got so much to go and gamble on

                  Am       G
Watch out for the shifting sand

    C            D  G    C/G  G  C/G  G
Wherever you may ramble
[CHORUS]
        Am       G
All you drifters now

        C         D      Em        D     G
You got places to go and people to meet

                  Am       G
Watch out for the shifting tide

    C            D  G    C/G  G
Wherever you may ramble