The Drifter Gene Clark
Thank you Cheryl for the lyrics
Carla Olson The Drifter written by Carla Olson
& Tom Junior Morgan
Gene Clark Joe Reed
Carla Olson vocals/acoustic guitar
Gene Clark vocals/acoustic guitar
Roscoe Beck bass
J Michael Huey drums
Otha Young acoustic guitar
Ed Black steel guitar
Tom Junior Morgan piano
[G]
[C]Jesse and the padre try to [G]keep things cool
[D]Knowing [C]exactly how to make [G]stone into jewels
[C]The judge was the kind of man who [G]always talked fast
[D]And the way things were [C]going
His [G]world wouldn't last[G/F#]
[Em] [C]The [D]desperados make a [Em]plan[C]
To [D]set the town on fire[Em] [C]
[C]And [D]when they try to make a stand[Em] [C]
[C]They were [D]ambushed at the wire
The [G]drifter never stays to fight
He keeps running till he's way out [G/F#]of [Em]sight
But it gets him now[D]here
And the [G]drifter never pays the price
He's running through the [G/F#]day and the [Em]night
But he's running to [D]nowhere[C] [G]
[C]The judge said boys don't you know this [G]town is mine
[D]Don't going try to [C]change it everything will [G]be just fine
[C]Those desperadoes don't [G]pay them no mind
[D]Everybody [C]knows that they can't [G]read or write[G/F#] [Em]
[C]The [D]judge put Jesse in the jail[Em] [C]
[D]Although there is no crime[Em] [C]
The [D]padre tried to get him out[Em] [C]
With a [D]stick of dynamite
The [G]drifter never stays to fight
He keeps running till he's way [G/F#]out of [Em]sight
But it gets him [D]nowhere
And the [G]drifter never pays a price
He's running through the [G/F#]day and the [Em]night
But he's running to [D]nowhere
Oh n[C]o...[G] [F] [G] [F] [G] [Em] [Bm] [C] [Am] [D] [G]
[C]The drifter knows he can't always [G]go with the tide
[D]The time will c[C]ome when he'll have to [G]choose up sides
[C]Which way will he go will it be [G]left or right
[D]The judge says [C]things are either [G]black or white
[Em] [C]The [D]desperados make a [Em]plan[C]
To [D]set the town on fire[Em] [C]
[C]And [D]when they try to make a stand[Em] [C]
[C]They were [D]ambushed at the wire
The [G]drifter never stays to fight
He keeps running till he's way out [G/F#]of [Em]sight
But it gets him now[D]here
And the [G]drifter never pays the price
He's running through the [G/F#]day and the [Em]night
But he's running to [D]nowhere[C] [G]
From Gene Clark & Carla Olson "So Rebellious A Lover"
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