Drift Away Chords & Tabs

by Rebecca Sugar

[Version Description]
In the first pre-chorus they play an Am, you can play an E or E7 if you don't like the way it sounds.
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 56
Denominator: 16
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 202]
Drift Away Live Performance | NYCC 2019 | https://youtu.be/xL6bzDr0MHU
Chords (capo 5)
     D      D2/C    G6/B    Gm6/Bb   Bm      F#7     Am      C       Em   
e|---2-------0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0---|
B|---3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------1-------1-------0---|
G|---2-------2-------0-------0-------4-------3-------2-------0-------0---|
D|---0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
A|---0-------3-------2-------1-------2-------4-------0-------3-------2---|
E|---x-------x-------x-------x-------x-------2-------x-------x-------0---|

[Verse 1]
D                   D2/C             
Here in the garden, let's play a game
G6/B                    Gm6/Bb
I'll show you how it's done
D                   D2/C            
Here in the garden, stand very still
G6/B                Gm6/Bb
This'll be so much fun

[Pre-Chorus]
Bm                   F#7                  
And then she smiled, that's what I'm after
   D               
A smile in her eyes
     E                   
The sound of her laughter

[Chorus]
D                 D2/C        
Happy to listen, happy to play
G6/B                Gm6/Bb A    D  
Happily watching her driiiiift away

[Verse 2]
D                    D2/C     
Happily waiting, all on my own
G6/B             Gm6/Bb
Under the endless sky
D                      D2/C         
Counting the seconds, standing alone
G6/B               Gm6/Bb  
As thousands of years go by

[Pre-Chorus]
Bm                 F#7              
Happily wondering, night after night
D                    
Is this how it works?
E                   
Am I doing it right?

[Chorus]
D                 D2/C        
Happy to listen, happy to stay
G6/B                Gm6/Bb A    D  
Happily watching her driiiiift away

[Bridge]
C                   G          D                   
You keep on turning pages for people who don't care
Am                      G      Em
People who don't care about you
C                        G      D                      
And still, it takes you ages to see that no one's there
Am                     
See that no one's there
G                      
See that no one's there
Em                     C      G
Everyone's gone on without you

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

[Pre-Chorus]
Bm                  F#7            
Isn't that lovely? Isn't that cool?
D                   
And isn't that cruel
E                          
And aren't I a fool to have

[Chorus]
D              D2/C            
Happily listened, happy to stay
G6/B                 Gm6/Bb A 
Happily watching her driiiiift

[Ending]
Gm6/Bb A 
Driiiiift
Gm6/Bb    A    D 
Driiiiiiiift away
D