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Driftwood - Travis
7th fret.
[Intro]
Em  A  Em  A
[Verse 1]
DEverything is G6open, Asus4nothing is set in Astone
DRivers turn to G6oceans, Asus4oceans tide you Ahome
DHome is where the G6heart is, but Asus4your heart had to Aroam
DDrifting over G6bridges Asus4never to retuArn
A7Watching bridges burn
[Chorus]
You’re Ddriftwood Afloating underEmwater
Breaking into G6pieces, pieces, pieces
Just Ddriftwood, Ahollow and of Emno use
Waterfalls will G6find you, bind you, grind you
[Verse 2]
DNobody is an G6island, Asus4everyone has to Ago
DPillars turn to G6butter, Asus4butterflying lAow
DLow is where your G6heart is but Asus4your heart has to Agrow
DDrifting under G6bridges, Asus4never with the Aflow
[Chorus]
And you really Emdidn’t think it would Asus4happenA  
But it reEmally is the end of the Asus4lineA  
So I’m Dsorry tAhat you’ve turned to Emdriftwood
But you’ve been G6drifting for a  Dlong, long time
[Solo]
      Em   Asus4-        A        Em   Asus4- A  
      Em   Asus4-        A        Em  Em  
[Verse 3]
DEverywhere there’s G6trouble, Asus4nowhere’s safe to Ago
DPushes turn to G6shovels, Asus4shovelling the snAow
DFrozen you have cG6hosen the Asus4path you wish to Ago
DDrifting now G6forever Asus4and forever Amore
UntA7il you reach your shore
[Chorus]
You’re dDriftwood Afloating Emunderwater
Breaking into G6pieces, pieces, pieces
Just dDriftwood, Ahollow and of Emno use
Waterfalls will G6find you, bind you, grind you
And you really Emdidn’t think it would Asus4happenA  
But it reEmally is the end of the Asus4lineA  
So I’m Dsorry tAhat you’ve turned to Emdriftwood
But you’ve been G6drifting for a long, long Dtime
But you’ve been Emdrifting for a long, long Dtime
You’ve been Emdrifting for a long, long
G6Drifting for a long, long Dtime
(Chords Used)
Em0       A0       D2       G60       Asus40       A70
0       2       3       3       3       2
0       2       2       0       2       0
2       2       0       0       2       2
2       0       0       2       0       0
0       0       0       3       0       0

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Open

XXO232

Major chord - Happy, bright sound

✕ Mute Open Press

Skill · find home

D major

This chord is home. When a line ends, land here.

Driftwood

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Driftwood

by Travis

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

Driftwood - Travis

7th fret.

[Intro]

Em A Em A

[Verse 1]

D G6 Asus4 A

Everything is open, nothing is set in stone

D G6 Asus4 A

Rivers turn to oceans, oceans tide you home

D G6 Asus4 A

Home is where the heart is, but your heart had to roam

D G6 Asus4 A

Drifting over bridges never to return

Watching bridges burn

[Chorus]

D A Em

You’re driftwood floating underwater

Breaking into pieces, pieces, pieces

D A Em

Just driftwood, hollow and of no use

Waterfalls will find you, bind you, grind you

[Verse 2]

D G6 Asus4 A

Nobody is an island, everyone has to go

D G6 Asus4 A

Pillars turn to butter, butterflying low

D G6 Asus4 A

Low is where your heart is but your heart has to grow

D G6 Asus4 A

Drifting under bridges, never with the flow

[Chorus]

Em Asus4 A

And you really didn’t think it would happen

Em Asus4 A

But it really is the end of the line

D A Em

So I’m sorry that you’ve turned to driftwood

G6 D

But you’ve been drifting for a long, long time

[Solo]

Em Asus4 A Em Asus4 A

- -

Em Asus4 A Em Em

[Verse 3]

D G6 Asus4 A

Everywhere there’s trouble, nowhere’s safe to go

D G6 Asus4 A

Pushes turn to shovels, shovelling the snow

D G6 Asus4 A

Frozen you have chosen the path you wish to go

D G6 Asus4 A

Drifting now forever and forever more

Until you reach your shore

[Chorus]

D A Em

You’re driftwood floating underwater

Breaking into pieces, pieces, pieces

D A Em

Just driftwood, hollow and of no use

Waterfalls will find you, bind you, grind you

Em Asus4 A

And you really didn’t think it would happen

Em Asus4 A

But it really is the end of the line

D A Em

So I’m sorry that you’ve turned to driftwood

G6 D

But you’ve been drifting for a long, long time

Em D

But you’ve been drifting for a long, long time

You’ve been drifting for a long, long

G6 D

Drifting for a long, long time

(Chords Used)

Em A D G6 Asus4 A7

0 0 2 0 0 0

0 2 3 3 3 2

0 2 2 0 2 0

2 2 0 0 2 2

2 0 0 2 0 0

0 0 0 3 0 0

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