I'm A Drifter chords by Bobby Goldsboro

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Intermediate

I`m A Drifter
Bobby Goldsboro

Intro  C F  C F  C F  C F

C          G                  Am
You knew I could not stay for long
         Em               F
when you asked me To come over
       Dm               G       G7  C
in the wee hours of the mornin
         Em                Am               Em
I said I could not let the sunrise catch me sleepin`
    F                Am              G       G7  E
And that is why I`ve givin` you fair warnin`

               E7
And though you might have loved me
Am           C
like I never ever have been
F            Dm                 Em
Loved before your front door is open
         Am             G     G7  C
And I`ve got to keep on movin`


          G               Am             Em
So I will stay with you a while and then I`ll
       F                     Dm            G      G7
Let my hitch hike thumb take me to where I wanna`
C            Em             Am
Because I`ve got to keep on searchin
        Em                   F
for the dream that I`ve been seekin`
        Am              G        G7  E
Since I left my home in Oklahoma


             E7             Am                C
And who`s to say but that I might not be back tomorrow
     F                 Dm             Em
If I find there`s only sorrow you may see me
          F           G             G7 G
from your window sill next mornin`

G7    C       Em          Am            G
I`m a drifter    and I`ve seen the rain
      C       Em          Dm
I`m a drifter    and I`ve felt the pain the
G                    Am         C
pain that comes with loneliness
     F                  Em   F             Em
So I drift from town to town searchin` all around
F               Em           Dm     G
Lookin` for the answer to my sorrow
           F             G               G7     C      F
And if the answer is you    then I`ll be back tomorrow


C F  C F  C F


C              G              Am                Em
Let`s make the most of time before the break of day
          F              Dm              G      G7  C
But don`t try to make me stay if I don`t want to
             G              Am                 Em
Because I`ve got to keep on searchin` for that dream
              F                Dm           G         G7  E
And you can`t bind me with the simple words I love you


          E7         Am                   C
But if I realize the dream that I`ve been searchin` for
   F            Dm
Is waitin` here behind your door
     Em                Am                G          G7  G
Then I`ll come back to stay if you still want me to


G7    C       Em           Am            G
I`m a drifter     and I`ve seen the rain
      C       Em          F
I`m a drifter    and I`ve felt the pain the
G         G7         Am         C
pain that comes with loneliness
     F                  Em   F             Em
So I drift from town to town searchin` all around
F               Em           Dm
Lookin` for the answer to my sorrow
           F             G              G7     C      F
And if the answer is you   then I`ll be back tomorrow


C F  C F  C F


      C       Em          F             G  G7
I`m a drifter    and I`ve seen the rain
      C       Em          Am
I`m a drifter    and I`ve felt the pain the
G         G7         Am          C
pain that comes with loneliness
     F                  Em   F             Em
So I drift from town to town searchin` all around
F               Em           Dm
Lookin` for the answer to my sorrow
           F             G               G7     C      F C F C F C
And if the answer is you    then I`ll be back tomorrow