Drift Away - Dobie Gray

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From: Andrew Rogers

                              "Drift Away"
                           (Mentor Williams)


[Intro]

           
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[Verse 1]

             
        Day af

              
ter day I'm mo

        
re confused
             
        So I l

            
ook for the li

              
ght in the pou

      
ring rain
             
        You kn

              
ow that's a ga

              
me that I hate

     
 to lose
           
        I'm fe

              
elin' the stra

     
in, ain't it a

 shame


[Chorus]

             
        Oh, gi

ve me the beat

, boys, and fr

ee my soul
          
        I wann

#             
a get lost in 

              
your rock and 

          
roll and drift

 away
             
        Oh, gi

ve me the beat

, boys, and fr

ee my soul
            
        I wann

              
a get lost in 

              
your rock and 

          
roll and drift

 away


[Intro]

           
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[Verse 2]

             
        Beginn

              
ing to think t

        
hat I'm wastin

' time
             
        I don'

            
t understand t

                    
he things I do
             
        The wo

              
rld outside lo

                   
oks so unkind
           
        I'm co

              
untin' on you 

     
  to carry me 

through


[Chorus]

             
        Oh, gi

ve me the beat

, boys, and fr

ee my soul
          
        I wann

#             
a get lost in 

              
your rock and 

          
roll and drift

 away
             
        Oh, gi

ve me the beat

, boys, and fr

ee my soul
            
        I wann

              
a get lost in 

              
your rock and 

          
roll and drift

 away


[Intro]

           
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/    
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        e|----
        B|-4--
        G|-4--
        D|-4--
        A|----
        E|----

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[Bridge]

        
        And wh

en my mind is 

free
             
        You kn

              
ow a melody ca

   
n move me
        
        And wh

en I'm feelin'

 blue
             
        The gu

              
itar's comin' 

            
through to soo

the me
             
        Thanks

              
 for the joy t

              
hat you've giv

   
en me
             
        I want

            
 you to know I

              
 believe in yo

    
ur song
             
        Rhythm

              
 and rhyme and

     
 harmony
           
        You he

              
lp me along   

 
makin' me stro

ng


(Repeat chorus to fade - a cappella first couple times)


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers