Drifter's Wife (J. J. Cale)
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Transcription: Kim Poindexter
[Verse 1]
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Had me a Tennessee Lord, love me Free
woman she fever
down used got me
in to and I
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had go never no more
to seen
that
woman
[Verse 2]
New York City is a place I've been,
I was there one time with a travelin' band.
Young girl there wanted me to stay,
I think she wanted me to pay.
[Verse 3]
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
[Instrumental Break]
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[Verse 4]
Travelin' man now he don't know.
Only what he hears on the radio.
Politics and money don't bother him,
just a good lookin' woman and a bottle of gin.
[Verse 5]
>From Portland Oregon to the Mexican line,
oh let me tell you those 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
[Verse 7, guitar only]
Enjoy,
Kim