Modern Day Drifter chords by Dierks Bentley

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D MajorD E minor 7Em7 C9(add9)
D MajorD E minor 7Em7 Em7


Verse:
 D MajorD           E minor 7Em7
I'm gonna be a modern day drifter
 C9C9       D MajorD
Get out while I can
                  D7D7
Gonna trade in this life I've been livin'
 G+G          E minor 7Em7
For a pocket full of sand

And a modern day drifter
                D MajorD
Don't have to tell no one his plans

 D MajorD                  E minor 7Em7
I'm gonna find that long stretch of highway
 C9C9          D MajorD
Where no one knows my name
                 D7D7
Where as long as the sky just goes on
 G+G         E minor 7Em7
And it's never the same
                  D MajorD
A augmentedA modern day drifter don't ever complain

Chorus:
F# minorF#m G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD
Bye bye, high life
 F# minorF#m  G+G    A augmentedA
Feels like the right time
    F# minorF#m G+G
To say so long
     A augmentedA   D MajorD
Keep on goin' strong
        F# minorF#m G+G    A augmentedA (see bottom)
And I'll just keep on bein' gone


Verse:
       D MajorD           E minor 7Em7
'Cause I'm gonna be a modern day drifter
 C9C9  D MajorD
Yes I am
               D7D7
Gonna slip this ring off my finger
 G+G         E minor 7Em7
'Cause everybody understands

That a modern day drifter's got
             D MajorD
Nothin' but time on his hands

Solo:
F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA


Bye bye, high life
Chorus:
F# minorF#m G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD
Bye bye, high life
 F# minorF#m  G+G    A augmentedA
Feels like the right time
    F# minorF#m G+G
To say so long
     A augmentedA   D MajorD
Keep on goin' strong
        F# minorF#m G+G    A augmentedA (see bottom)
And I'll just keep on bein' gone


Verse:
       D MajorD           E minor 7Em7
'Cause I'm gonna be a modern day drifter
 C9C9  D MajorD
Yes I am
               D7D7
Gonna slip this ring off my finger
 G+G         E minor 7Em7
'Cause everybody understands

That a modern day drifter's got
             D MajorD
Nothin' but time on his hands