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High Plains Drifter

Intro: (G C G D C G)

Verse 1:

G

He makes a livin’ out of his saddle

C G

driftin’ along and punchin’ cattle

D C G

He breaks broncs he can rope the fastest steer

G

Sometimes he dreams of havin a wife yeah she’d

C G

fit right in his life

D C G

But being tied down is his greatest fear

G C G

He drifts with the seasons and he’s got his own reasons

D C G

He learns new tricks of the trade along the way

G C G

He drifts across the range workin’ across the high plains

D C G

He stays awhile then trades a fresh horse for his pay

Chorus:

C G

He’s a high plains drifter but everybody

just calls him mister

D C G

They don’t know what to think about this man

C G

He’s a nice looking stranger with the twin

colts he’s ready for danger

D C D

He’s a high plains drifter and he sure enough

C G

is a top hand

Verse 2:

G

He owns his saddle and his clothes and it’s the

C G

only life he knows

D C G

He can’t show much for all the years he’s spent alone

G C G

He lives a bachelor lifestyle and it’s been worthwhile

D C G

‘Cause he’s free and he can call his life his own

G

He drove cattle on the Chisum Trail worked for the

C G

Waggoners, Pitchfork and Nail

D C G

He ain’t never thought about plowing ground

G

He dreams of having his own spread and

C G

working for himself instead

D C G

Yeah one of these days he’s gonna settle down

Repeat Chorus