J.J. Cale – Drifters Wife (Guitar)

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Chords

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