J.J. Cale – Drifters Wife (Guitar Tab)
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[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-|