Driftin Live chords by John Mayer

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Performance @ Solo Tour 2023 (Newark NJ 3-11-23)

Key: D

The chords are simply Em
C
G
D/F#, the ones in parentheses are adding or dropping a finger



Em (Em7)    C (Cmaj7)   G (Gadd9)     D/F# (Dadd11/F#)

This seems to be the dominant melody in the picking but it varies throughout:

Em        C         G         D/F#
---0-----------------------------------
--3--3-3-----1-0-0-----0---------3-----
------------0---------0--2-2----2--0-0-
-2---------2---------0---------0-------
----------3----------------------------
0-------------------3---------2--------
                    T         T

Intro:


Em C G D/F#
Em C G D/F#



Verse 1:

Em                      C
  Time is space and I'm out of place
G                     D/F#
  Don't recognize a single face
Em                     C
  By now I should have won the race
      G                     D/F#
But I haven't found a home

Em                      C
  Seems to me if you go catch that vine
G                            D/F#
  And swing to the next tree branch in time
Em                          C
   The years add up and you fall behind
           G                      D/F#
And you're left to walk alone

          Em            C              G         D/F#
So I'm drifting I'm drifting I'm drifting
          Em                  C                 G          D/F#
Yeah I'm drifting and I'm drifting and I'm drifting

Chorus:

       Em              C
Meet a stranger, tag along
      G                      D/F#
Maybe smoke a cigarette all wrong
       Em             C
Tell a story, sing a song
        G                  D/F#
Lay my head where it don't belong

Em           C
Somehow it occurs to me
     G                D/F#
That out here on the deep blue sea
          Em            C
There are other people drifting too
      G           D/F#
Maybe someday I'll drift into you
      G           D/F#
Maybe someday I'll drift into you

Verse 2:

Em                    C
  Called my shrink the other day
G                   D/F#
  Forgot what I was gonna say
     Em              C
So I lied and said I lost my way
       G                      D/F#
'Cus I couldn't let him down

Em               C
  Put my leather jacket on
G                     D/F#
  To play the part of bad boy John
Em                     C
  The broken heart and vagabond
    G                    D/F#
And wandered into town
         Em                    C                 G          D/F#
'Cus I'm drifting yeah I'm drifting yeah I'm drifting
         Em                    C                 G          D/F#
Yeah I'm drifting yeah I'm drifting I'm drifting

Chorus:

       Em              C
Meet a stranger, tag along
      G                      D/F#
Maybe smoke a cigarette all wrong
       Em             C
Tell a story, sing a song
        G                  D/F#
Lay my head where it don't belong

Em           C
Somehow it occurs to me
     G                D/F#
That out here on the deep blue sea
          Em            C
There are other people drifting too
      G           D/F#
Maybe someday I'll drift into you
      G           D/F#
Maybe someday I'll drift into you

Bridge:
Em                       C
For the moment 'till the moment is gone
G                              D/F#
Lonesome is the road I've been travellin on
     Em                          C
I've gone where I wanted I don't miss anyone
         G                     D/F#
'Cus I'm drifting
Em                          C
Tryna write a story but I'm stuck on a page
G                             D/F#
God it's been so long I can't remember my age
    Em                           C
I'm lost till the minute that I step on the stage
           G                    D/F#
'Cus I'm drifting
           Em           C            G          D/F#
And I'm drifting

Chorus:

       Em              C
Meet a stranger, tag along
      G                      D/F#
Maybe smoke a cigarette all wrong
       Em             C
Tell a story, sing a song
        G                  D/F#
Lay my head where it don't belong

Em           C
Somehow it occurs to me
     G                D/F#
That out here on the deep blue sea
          Em            C
There are other people drifting too
      G           D/F#
Maybe someday I'll drift into you
      G           D/F#
Maybe someday I'll drift into you
      G           D/F#
Maybe someday I'll drift into you