J. J. Cale - Drifters Wife (First Version) Chords and Tabs

J.J. Cale - Drifters Wife First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) J.J. Cale. Other chords and tabs for the "Drifters Wife" can find at the bottom of the page.

JJ Cale

C             G            B7          Em               G      D
E-3-0--------|------------|-----------|----------------|----------|
B-----3p1p0--|-3---0------|---0-0-----|-0-----0--------|---0-3----|
G------------|------------|-2-----2---|---0-------0----|-0-----0--|
D---2--------|---0---0----|---1---1---|-----2-------2--|---0------|
A-3---3------|------------|-----------|----------------|-----0----|
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----|-----------|

*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
B7           Em                B7         Em
E-----------|----------------|-----------|-------0--------|
B---0-0-----|-0-----0--------|---0-0-----|-0-----0--------|
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

C             G            B7          Em               G      D
E-3-0--------|------------|-----------|----------------|----------|
B-----3p1p0--|-3---0------|---0-0-----|-0-----0--------|---0-3----|
G------------|------------|-2-----2---|---0-------0----|-0-----0--|
D---2--------|---0---0----|---1---1---|-----2-------2--|---0------|
A-3---3------|------------|-----------|----------------|-----0----|
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