Driftin’ blues    (video)

 

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1. Baby, I'm just drifting and drifting,    like a ship out on the sea, oh yeah,

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     Baby, I'm just drifting and drifting, oh, like a ship out on the sea,

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    uh, every now and then I wonder,   oh. if that little girl ever thinks of me,

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    ever thinks of me.

 

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2.   Baby, you know, I’ve travelled such a long way from home,

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    oh, baby, you know, I’ve travelled      such a long, long way from home,

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    baby, I didn’t mistreat nobody,         I’d do nobody wrong,

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    do nobody wrong.

 

+ instrumental = verse 2 (3x)

 

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3. Oh, I love you, baby,        I didn’t even know your name,

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    baby, I was in love with you now, girl, I didn’t even know your name,

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    oh, you know, I’m sorry we can’t get together right now,

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    oh, I’m a fool,          I just don’t understand, I just don’t understand.

 

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    Baby, I want love, yeah, oh, yeah, baby,

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    will that girl come back to me ?

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)