Dobie Gray-Drift Away
[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)