Drifters

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Gordon Lightfoot - Drifters
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO]
G C/G G C/G G
[VERSE 1]
C
I don't believe in miracles, if it's all the same by you
D C G
Your wishes would come true if I had my say
Em G
Whether it's right or wrong
C D
The words of every song
C G
Remind us of a love we knew
Am7 Bb Am7 D G
Where love should not go wrong, in yesterdays
[CHORUS]
Am G
Hang on ye drifters now
C D Em D G
You got so much to go and gamble on
Am G
Watch out for the shifting sand
C D G C/G G C/G G
Wherever you may ramble
[VERSE 2]
C
Even now, as I look back and see all that's come to pass
D C G Em
I can't remember how it was I got here
G
Look around this place
C D
There's a smile on every face
C G
We're somewhere in the afterglow
Am7 Bb Am7 D G
Out there among the stars, out there among the bars
[CHORUS]
Am G
Hang on ye drifters now
C D Em D G
You got places to go and people to meet
Am G
Watch out for the shifting tide
C D G C/G G C/G G
Wherever you may travel
[VERSE 3]
C
I know I should not complain, because life's been good to me
D C G
It feels real good to be stranded on my own
Em G
Be that as it may be
C D
We are what we are
C G
I'll find you at the afterglow
Am7 Bb Am7 D G
Out there among the stars of yesteryear
[CHORUS]
Am G
Hang on ye drifters now
C D Em D G
You got so much to go and gamble on
Am G
Watch out for the shifting sand
C D G C/G G C/G G
Wherever you may ramble
[CHORUS]
Am G
All you drifters now
C D Em D G
You got places to go and people to meet
Am G
Watch out for the shifting tide
C D G C/G G
Wherever you may ramble

Drifters chords and lyrics

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Gordon Lightfoot - Drifters
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO]
G  C/G  G  C/G  G
[VERSE 1]
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 2]
[CHORUS]
[VERSE 3]
[CHORUS]
[CHORUS]

Drifters Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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