The Drifter

G

C                          G
Jesse and the padre try to keep 
things cool
D       C                   G
Knowing exactly how to make stone 
into jewels
C                                 
The judge was the kind of man who 
G
always talked fast
D                       C
And the way things were going
    G                     G/F#
His world wouldn't last
Em C   D                 Em   C
   The desperados make a plan
   D                    Em C
To set the town on fire
C   D                             
And when they try to make a stand
Em C

C         D
They were ambushed at the wire
    G
The drifter never stays to fight
He keeps running till he's way out 
G/F# Em
of   sight
                   D
But it gets him nowhere
        G
And the drifter never pays the price
                         G/F#      
He's running through the day and 
  Em
the night
Continúa después del anuncio
                     D             
But  he's running to nowhere
C     G

C                                 
The judge said boys don't you know
      G
 this town is mine
D                  C       
Don't going try to change it  
                   G
everything will be just fine
C                       G
Those desperadoes don't pay them no 
mind
D         C                     
Everybody knows that they can't 
G              G/F# Em
read or write
C   D                           Em C
The judge put Jesse in the jail
D                          Em C
Although there is no crime
    D                            
The padre tried to get him out
Em C

       D
With a stick of dynamite
    G
The drifter never stays to fight
                               G/F#
He keeps running till he's way out 
   Em
of sight
                D
But it gets him nowhere
        G
And the drifter never pays a price
                         G/F#      
He's running through the day and 
  Em
the night
                     D
But  he's running to nowhere
    C       G   F   G   F   G  
Oh no...
  Em   Bm  C  Am  D    G

C                                 
The drifter knows he can't always go
G
 with the tide
D              C                 
The time will come when he'll 
     G
have to choose up sides
C                               G
Which way will he go will it be left
 or right
D              C                 
The judge says things are either 
G
black or white
Em C   D                 Em   C
   The desperados make a plan
   D                    Em C
To set the town on fire
C   D                             
And when they try to make a stand
Em C

C         D
They were ambushed at the wire
    G
The drifter never stays to fight
He keeps running till he's way out 
G/F# Em
of   sight
                   D
But it gets him nowhere
        G
And the drifter never pays the price
                         G/F#      
He's running through the day and 
  Em
the night
                     D             
But  he's running to nowhere
C     G