Dobie Gray-Drift Away - sr - 200 [Intro - approx 1/2 bar for these chords - double time versus rest] G D C D - G G D7 G  [Verse 1]  [C]    Day after day I'm more con [G]  fused[C]    Yet I look for the  [D]  light through the pouring  [G]  rain[C]     You know that's a game that I hate to  [G]  lose[Am]    And I'm feelin' the strain, [C]    ain't it a shame?  [Chorus]   Oh,  [G]  give me the beat boys and free my soul, I  [D]  want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and  [C]  drift away Oh,  [G]  give me the beat boys and free my soul, I  [D]  want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and  [C]  drift away [G]    [Instrumental - approx 1/2 bar for these chords] G D C D - G G D7 G  [Verse 2]  [C]    Beginning to think that I'm wasting  [G]  time[C]    I don't under [D]  stand the things I  [G]  do[C]    The world outside looks so un [G]  kind[Am]    I'm a-countin' on you, [C]    to carry me through  [Chorus]   Oh,  [G]  give me the beat boys and free my soul, I  [D]  want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and  [C]  drift away Oh,  [G]  give me the beat boys and free my soul, I  [D]  want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and  [C]  drift away [G]    [Instrumental - approx 1/2 bar for these chords] G D C D - G G D7 G  [Bridge]  [Am]    And when my mind is free,[C]  you know no melody can  [G]  move me[Am]    And when I'm feeling blue,[C]    the guitars, comin' through to  [D]  soothe me[C]    Thanks for the joy that you've given  [G]  me  [C]    I want you to  [D]  know, I be [E7]  lieve in your  [G]  song[C]    Rhythm and rhyme in har [G]  mony[Am]    You'll help me along, [C]    makin' me strong  [Chorus]  (acappella) Oh,  [G]  give me the beat boys and free my soul, I  [D]  want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and  [C]  drift away Oh,  [G]  give me the beat boys and free my soul, I  [D]  want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and  [C]  drift away   [Chorus] Oh,  [G]  give me the beat boys and free my soul, I  [D]  want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and  [C]  drift away Oh,  [G]  give me the beat boys and free my soul, I  [D]  want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and  [C]  drift away   [Chorus] Oh,  [G]  give me the beat boys and free my soul, I  [D]  want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and  [C]  drift away Oh,  [G]  give me the beat boys and free my soul, I  [D]  want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and  [C]  drift away   [Outro] [G]  Now, now, now, won't you, won't you take me? Woah, oh   [D]  take me? . . . [C] (vamp out)########################################################################
Ace-How Long [Intro] Ab/Bb Bb x4
then Bm on the 4th beat of the 4th Bb
[Chorus] Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
[Verse 1] Ab/Bb Bb
Friends with their fancy persuasion
Ab/Bb Bb
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
Ab/Bb Bb
But I can't help but have my suspicions
Ab/Bb Bb
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
Ab/Bb Bb
And you said you was never intendin'
Ab/Bb Bb
To break up our scene in this way
Ab/Bb Bb
But there ain't any use in pretendin'
Ab/Bb Bb Bm
It could happen to us any day
[Chorus] Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
[Musical Interlude: 16 measures of Cm to Bb] [Verse 2] Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
But I can't help but have my suspicion
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
Oh, you said you was never intending
To break up our scene in this way
But there ain't any use in pretendin'
It could happen to us any day
And how long has this been going on
How long has this been going on
How long
[Chorus] Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
How long
How long has this been going on
been going on
How
long has this been going on
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