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J.J. Cale - Drifters Wife Tabs

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Drifters Wife Tabs

(ver. 1)
J.J. Cale
JJ Cale

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E------------|-3---3------|-2---2-----|-0-------0------|-3--------| 

Em   C        G              D     G      G    D  G            G
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D---------2--|---0-------0--|-------0----|---------0--|-----------|
A-2---3------|--------------|-0----------|------------|-----------|
E------------|-3-----3------|-----3------|-3-----3----|-----------| 

*Verse1
Had me a woman down in Tennessee
Boy she used to love me
Free fever got me and I had to go
I never seen that woman no more

*Verse 2
New York City is a place I been
I was there one time with a travellin' band
Young girl there wanted me to stay
I think she wanted me to pay

*Verse3
Roll it out, roll it in
Here we go down the road again
Drifters life is a drifters wife
Don't say I didn't tell you so

*Instrumental Break
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G-2-----2---|---0-------0----|-2-----2---|---0-------0----|
D---1---1---|-----2-------2--|---1---1---|-----2-------2--|
A-----------|----------------|-----------|----------------|
E-2---2-----|-0-------0------|-2---2-----|-0-------0------| 
*End

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E------------|-3---3------|-2---2-----|-0-------0------|-3--------| 


Em   C        G              D     G      G    D  G            G
E------------|--------------|------------|------------|-3---------|
B-0---1------|-3---0--------|---0--------|---0--------|-0---------|
G---0---0----|---------2p0--|-2---0---0--|-----2-0----|-----------|
D---------2--|---0-------0--|-------0----|---------0--|-----------|
A-2---3------|--------------|-0----------|------------|-----------|
E------------|-3-----3------|-----3------|-3-----3----|-----------| 

*Verse 4
Travellin'man now he don't know
Only what he hears on the radio
Politics and money don't bother him
Only good lookin'women and a bottle of gin

*Verse 5
Portland, Oregon, to the Mexican line
Boy let me tell you the women are fine
If you don't hang around there very long
They'll never ever know you're gone

*Verse 6
Roll it out, roll it in. Here we go down the road again 
Drifter's Wife is a drifter's life, don't say I didn't tell you so
            
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