Chords for Gene Clark & Carla Olson - The Drifter

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Jesse and the Padre trying [G] to keep things cool
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Knowing _ [C] exactly [G] how to make stone into jewels
_ _ _ _ [C] The judge was the kind of [G] man who always talked fast
_ _ [D] _ And the way [C] things were going, _ [G] this war wouldn't last
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_ [D] _ The desperadoes make the [Em] plans, [C] _
[D] they set the town on [Em] fire
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[D] And when they tried to make the [Em] stand, [C] _
[D] they were ambushed after a while _
[G] And the drifter never stays to fight _
He keeps running [D] till he's way [Em] out of sight
But he gets [D] to nowhere _ _ _ _ _
[G] And the drifter never stays to fight _
He keeps running [D] through the day [Em] and the night
But he's running [D] to nowhere _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ The _
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_ [C] _ _ judge said, boys, don't you know [G] this town is mine? _ _
_ [D] _ Don't go trying [C] to change it, and [G] everything will be just fine _ _ _
_ [C] _ Those _ _ _ desperadoes, they [G] don't pay them no mind _ _ _
_ _ [D] Everybody _ [C] knows that they [G] can't read or write _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [D] The judge put Jesse in the [Em] jail
[C] _ [D] _ Although it was _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [D] the Padre trying to get him [Em] out
_ [C] _ [D] He was stricken down a mile
_ _ [G] And the drifter never stays to fight
_ He keeps running [D] till he's way [Em] out of sight
But he gets [D] to nowhere _
_ _ _ _ [G] And the drifter never stays to fight
_ He keeps running [D] till he's way [Em] out of sight
But he's running [D] to nowhere _
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_ [Am] _ _ [Em] The [D] _ _ _
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drifter knows he [G] can't always go with the tide
_ _ _ [D] The [C] time will come when [G] he'll have to choose a side
_ Which _ [C] _ _
way will he go?
Will [G] he be left or right?
_ _ _ _ [D] The judge [C] says things are [G] either black or white
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_ [D] The desperadoes make a [Em] plan, _ [C] _
[D] _ set the town on fire
[Em] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] When the judge will make the [Em] stand, [C] _
[D] they will ambush Jesse a while _ _
[G] And the drifter never stays to fight _
He keeps running [Bm] till he's way [Em] out of sight
But he gets [D] to nowhere
_ _ And _
_ [G] the drifter never stays to fight
_ He keeps running [Bm] till he's way [Em] out of sight
But he's [D] running to nowhere _ _ _ _ _
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