Johnny Cash – The Last Of The Drifters (Guitar)

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[Intro] | A | A | A | A | [Verse 1]
        A                         A
I'm the last of the babies of the World War II

D                            D
 World War II and that's the one we didn't lose, I heard that

      A                            A
I was raised on biscuits, spam and powdered eggs

  D                     D
DiMaggio's baseball and Marilyn's legs
[Chorus]
            D           A       A
And I'm the last of the drifters

            A             A
Last of the drifters, yeah
[Verse 2]
    A                                            A
I remember when the freight trains, they used to run on coal

D                          D
 They'd run on coal and I was ready to go, me too

A                     A
Old white shirt and a tired overall

D                         D
Sometimes I think that my daddy knew it all
[Chorus]
            D           A       A
And I'm the last of the drifters

            A             A
Last of the drifters, yeah
[Verse 3]
    A                     A
I remember Louisiana in a hot steamy night

D                             D
 Hot steamy night and she was holding me tight

   A                    A
An old red Chevy with a big back seat

  D                    D
I had me some two-tone shoes off my feet
[Chorus]
            D           A       A
And I'm the last of the drifters

            A             A
Last of the drifters, yeah
[Instrumental] | A | A | D | D | | A | A | A | [Verse 4]
      A                      A
I'm a World War baby holding mama's hand

D                       D
 Mama's hand and how my daddy knew the land

A                            A
 Trucks, beer and music, and poverty and wealth

D                      D
 I got some great big scars on myself
[Chorus]
            D           A       A
Now I'm the last of the drifters

            A             A
Last of the drifters, yeah
[Verse 5]
        A                         A
I'm the last high roller with the last good hand

D                         D
 Last good hand and I'm a gambling man

A                         A
All them bombs and people waitin' on that boom

D                        D
Sometimes I reckon I got here too soon
[Outro]
        D           A       A
I'm the last of the drifters

        A                     A      A
I'm the last of the drifters, yeah

        A
I'm the last of the drifters

A
Last of the drifters
(fading)