Drift Away Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Drift away, jus[C]t drift awa[Am]y
[C]Sometimes I wish I could jus[G]t drift awa[Em]y
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[Em]They say there's gonna be
[G]a r[A]iver of blo[Em]od[G]
[A]It's apo[Em]calypse now
[G]So we're waiting [A]for the flood

[Verse 2]
[Em][G]
[A]The ice[Em] is gonna melt,
the water [G]gonna rise
[A]And we'll [Em]all go to hell
So they're keeping [G]us advised
[A]While the

[Verse 3]
[Em]dollar falls down
The yen [G]gonna climb
It's [Em]a moral de[D]cline
And I'm [A]losing [C]my mind[D]

[Verse 4]
I think [C]I'll just [G]drift away
[D]To that island of [C]my dre[G]ams
[D]Live in total [C]fantasy[G]
[C]Close my eyes and drift [Em]away

[Verse 5]
Back in the real world
[G]There's tension eve[A]rywhe[Em]re[G]
[A]And [Em]the smell of [G]fear
[A]Keeps [Em]hanging [D]around and
pol[A]luting [C]the air

[Verse 6]
[Em]The man on the news is
going [G]over the top
[A]Now [Em]he'll say anything
so [G]his show don't flop
[A]Wal[Em]l street's down, so wha[G]t
And according [A]to as[Em]tute
market [D]analysis

[Verse 7]
[A]The world's gonna [C]stop
[D]They shout the story [A]to the na[C]tion
[D]Pass on the panic to the pop[A]ulatio[C]n
[D]This is the end of [A]civiliza[C]tion
It's all [D]over [Em]now[E][Em]

[Verse 8]
[D][Chorus]
Meanwhile, [C]I just d[G]rift away
[D]To my island in [C]the sun[G]
[D]Imaginary paradise, [C]perfection
[G]Som[C]etimes I wish I
could just drift away
[Em]Drift away [G](drift [A]away)[Em][G][A]
[Em]Drift [G]away (drift away)
[A]Drift away (drift away)
[Em][D]

[Verse 9]
[A][C]
Now [Em]all the politicians
are [G]running out of hope
[A]They've bur[Em]ned all their bridges
Now they just [G]can't cope
[A]And who[Em] do we blam[G]e now[Em]
we're [G]all going broke?
[A]It's that [Em]man over t[D]here
Who's [A]hanging from [C]a rope
[D]Newsmen winding [A]up the [C]nation
[D]A little bad news helps [A]circula[C]tion
[D]Pass on the panic to the [A]popula[C]tion
It's all [D]over, [C]it's all [D]over
[C]It's all [D]over [Em]now

[Verse 10]
[D]Times like this, [C]I just d[G]rift away
[D]To my tropical fan[C]tasy[G]
[D]Living on coconuts [C]growing
on [G]the trees[C]
Sometimes I wish I could just drift away
[Em]Drift [G]away, [A]dri[Em]ft away,
[G]dri[A]ft [Em]away[G][A][Em][D][A][C]
It's apo[Em]calypse now, [G]drift [A]away
[Em]Rivers of blood, [G]drift [A]away
And the [Em]man on the news is
going [G]over the top
[A][Chorus]

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