Gene Clark - The drifter

^CJesse and the padre try to ^Gkeep things cool ^DKnowing ^Cexactly how to make ^Gstone into jewels ^CThe judge was the kind of man who ^Galways talked fast ^DAnd the way things were ^Cgoing His ^Gworld wouldn't last ^{G/F# Em C}The ^Ddesperados make a ^Emplan ^C To ^Dset the town on fire ^{Em C C}And ^Dwhen they try to make a stand ^{Em C C}They were ^Dambushed at the wire The ^Gdrifter never stays to fight He keeps running till he's way out ^G/F#of ^Emsight But it gets him now^Dhere And the ^Gdrifter never pays the price He's running through the ^G/F#day and the ^Emnight But he's running to ^Dnowhere ^{C G C}The judge said boys don't you know this ^Gtown is mine ^DDon't going try to ^Cchange it everything will ^Gbe just fine ^CThose desperadoes don't ^Gpay them no mind ^DEverybody ^Cknows that they can't ^Gread or write ^{G/F# Em C}The ^Djudge put Jesse in the jail ^{Em C D}Although there is no crime ^{Em C} The ^Dpadre tried to get him out ^{Em C} With a ^Dstick of dynamite The ^Gdrifter never stays to fight He keeps running till he's way ^G/F#out of ^Emsight But it gets him ^Dnowhere And the ^Gdrifter never pays a price He's running through the ^G/F#day and the ^Emnight But he's running to ^Dnowhere Oh n^Co... ^{G F G F G Em Bm C Am D G C}The drifter knows he can't always ^Ggo with the tide ^DThe time will c^Come when he'll have to ^Gchoose up sides ^CWhich way will he go will it be ^Gleft or right ^DThe judge says ^Cthings are either ^Gblack or white ^{Em C}The ^Ddesperados make a ^Emplan ^C To ^Dset the town on fire ^{Em C C}And ^Dwhen they try to make a stand ^{Em C C}They were ^Dambushed at the wire The ^Gdrifter never stays to fight He keeps running till he's way out ^G/F#of ^Emsight But it gets him now^Dhere And the ^Gdrifter never pays the price He's running through the ^G/F#day and the ^Emnight But he's running to ^Dnowhere ^{C G}