Chords for "Drift Away"

Date: March 13, 2006
From: Leif Thiborg


Small letters indicates bass-notes



D                   Am/E          
Ooooo Drift awa-y, just drift away  
C                          G               Em  
Sometimes I wished I could just drift away 


E e g e e g a  x3     e,d,b d,b,a c#,b,a b,a,g
Em   G Em  G A         Em    D      A/C#  Cmaj7      


      Em               G  Em   G    a  eeee gG Em   em G a
They say there's gonna be-- a river of blood 
     Em          G Em   Em         G      a       Em   Em G Em G A
It's apocalypse now      So we're waiting for the flood 
     Em          G Em        G     a     Em     
The ice is gonna melt, the waters gonna rise 
          Em         G              e           g   e 
And we'll all go to hell So they're keeping us advised 
           e           g                          e g e
While the dollar falls down The yen gonna climb 
        Em       D           A/C#        Cmaj7 
It's a moral decline And I'm losing my mind 
D             C    G/B    D                  C     G/B  
I think I'll just drift away To that island of my dreams 
D              C  G/B      C (hold)                    (B)
Live in total fantasy     Close my eyes and drift away 
 
Em          G    Em            G       A      Em   G   em G  A
Back in the real world There's tension everywhere 
         Em      G   A       Em       D        A/C#          Cmaj7 
And the smell of fear Keeps hanging around and polluting the air 
    Em          G       e              Em       G    e
The man on the news is going over the top 
          Em       G    Em               G Em  Em            G Em
Now he'll say anything so his show don't flop Wall Street's down, so what
G           A       Em          D            A/C#         Cmaj7 
And according to astute market analysis The world's gonna stop 
      D                A        C     D                       A    C
they shout the story into the nation Pass on the panic to the population 
D                  A       C        C       D     E
This is the end of civilization It's all o-over no-o-o-o-ow 

Chorus: 
D          C       G/B    D                C     G/B
Meanwhile, I just drift away To my island in the sun 
     D                C     G/B   C  (hold chord)                      B
Imaginary paradise,   perfection Sometimes I wish I could just drift away 
Em          G        A     Em           G      A   Em          G      A
Drift away (drift a-wa-ay) Drift away (drift away) Drift away (drift away) 

e,d,b d,b,a c#,b,a b,a,g
Em    D      A/C#  Cmaj7      


Em              G    Em     G       a        Em  (continue
Now all the politicians are running out of hope 
They've burned all their bridges Now they just can't cope 
And who do we blame now we're all going broke? 
It's that man over there Who's hanging from a rope 
Newsmen winding up the nation 
A little bad news helps circulation 
Pass on the panic to the population 
C         D     C        D    C        D    E
It's all over, it's all over It's all over now 


Times like this, I just drift away 
To my tropical fantasy 
Living on coconuts growing on the trees 

Sometimes I wish I could just drift away 
Drift away, drift away, drift away 

It's apocalypse now, drift away
Rivers of blood, drift away 
And the man on the news is going over the top


Ending:
e,d,b d,b,a c#,b,a b,a,g a
Em    D      A/C#  Cmaj7 D/A