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-|