J.J. Cale - Drifters Wife Chords

[Intro]
C       G       B7         Em
G       D       G       C       G       D          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
Drifters 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
 
 [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