Drift Away chords by Rebecca Sugar

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

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

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Intermediate

Drift Away Live Performance | NYCC 2019 | https://youtu.be/xL6bzDr0MHU
*Chords(capo 5)*
   D MajorD   D2/C  G6/B  Gm6/Bb  B minorBm   F#7F#7   A minorAm   C majorC    E minorEm
e|----2-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0---|
BB|----3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------1-------1-------0---|
G+G|----2-------2-------0-------0-------4-------3-------2-------0-------0---|
D MajorD|----0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
A augmentedA|----0-------3-------2-------1-------2-------4-------0-------3-------2---|
E MajorE|----x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------2-------x-------x-------0---|

Verse 1:
D MajorD         D2/C
Here in the garden Let's play a game
G6/B          Gm6/Bb
I'll show you how it's done
D MajorD         D2/C
Here in the garden Stand very still
G6/B        Gm6/Bb
This'll be so much fun

Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm         F#7F#7
And then she smiled That's what I'm after
  D MajorD
A augmentedA smile in her eyes
   A minorAm
The sound of her laughter

Chorus:
D MajorD        D2/C
Happy to listen Happy to play
G6/B        Gm6/Bb A augmentedA  D MajorD
Happily watching her driiiiift away

Verse 2:
D MajorD         D2/C
Happily waitingAll on my own
G6/B       Gm6/Bb
Under the endless sky
D MajorD           D2/C
Counting the seconds Standing alone
G6/B        Gm6/Bb
As thousands of years go by

Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm         F#7F#7
Happily wondering Night after night
D MajorD
Is this how it works?
E MajorE
A minorAm I doing it right?

Chorus:
D MajorD        D2/C
Happy to listen Happy to stay
G6/B        Gm6/Bb A augmentedA  D MajorD
Happily watching her driiiiift away

Bridge:
C majorC          G+G     D MajorD
You keep on turning pages for people who don't care
A minorAm           G+G    E minorEm
People who don't care about you
C majorC            G+G   D MajorD
And still, it takes you ages to see that no one's there
A minorAm
See that no one's there
G+G
See that no one's there
E minorEm           C majorC    G+G
Everyone's gone on without you

Verse 3:
D MajorD         D2/C
Finally something Finally news
G6/B        Gm6/Bb
About how the story ends
D MajorD             D2/C
She doesn't exist now Survived by her son
G6/B           Gm6/Bb
And all of her brand new friends

Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm          F#7F#7
Isn't that lovely? Isn't that cool?
D MajorD
And isn't that cruel
E MajorE
And aren't I a fool to have

Chorus:
D MajorD        D2/C
Happy to listen Happy to stay
G6/B         Gm6/Bb A augmentedA
Happily watching her driiiiift

Ending:
Gm6/Bb A augmentedA
Driiiiift
Gm6/Bb  A augmentedA  D MajorD
Driiiiiiiift away

D MajorD

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