Chords for Tift Merritt - "Drifted Apart" AmericanaFest
Tempo:
124.55 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] You are a child when love is born
Can't stay a child for [Bm] long
[D] Maybe the good times [Em] are up ahead
Maybe [E] those times [A] are gone
[B] [D] Same things [E] keeping us together
[A] All the very ones [D] making it hard
Better [E] take a look around
[D]
Baby [E] we're drifting [B] apart
[A] Drifting [D] apart
[E] Drifting [Bm] so [B] slow
I watch [A] you go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
[E]
[A] Day by day
Slowly you change
Growing into what [Bm] you are
[D] Nobody sees [B] it happening
[D] It's [E] easy like [A] opening a door
[D]
Same things keeping [E] us together
[A]
Begin to make a wreck of [D] our hearts
No [E] use to shout [B] about it
Baby we're [E] drifting [A]
apart
[Bm]
Drifting apart
[E]
Drifting [Bm] so slow
[E] [B]
I watch you [A] go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
[E]
[B] [A]
[Bm] [D]
[E] The [B]
[B] [A]
quiet settling of the night
It always [Bm] comes to this
[D]
Answer to [E] yourself in the dark
[E] That's where everyone [A] lives
[D] Same things keeping us together
[A] All the problems [E] we've had [D] from the start
Staying beside [E] each other
Lonesome [A] feels [E] like the [D] hardest part
Same things [E] tying us together
[A] All the [E] very ones that tear [D] us apart
Nobody's fault at [B] all
Baby we're drifting [A]
apart
[Bm] Drifting apart
[E]
[Bm] Drifting so slow
[E] I [A] watch you go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
[E]
[B] [Bm] Drifting apart
[E] [Bm] Drifting so [B]
slow
[E] I watch [A] you go
I [F#m] watch you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
[E] We're drifting [A] apart
Can't stay a child for [Bm] long
[D] Maybe the good times [Em] are up ahead
Maybe [E] those times [A] are gone
[B] [D] Same things [E] keeping us together
[A] All the very ones [D] making it hard
Better [E] take a look around
[D]
Baby [E] we're drifting [B] apart
[A] Drifting [D] apart
[E] Drifting [Bm] so [B] slow
I watch [A] you go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
[E]
[A] Day by day
Slowly you change
Growing into what [Bm] you are
[D] Nobody sees [B] it happening
[D] It's [E] easy like [A] opening a door
[D]
Same things keeping [E] us together
[A]
Begin to make a wreck of [D] our hearts
No [E] use to shout [B] about it
Baby we're [E] drifting [A]
apart
[Bm]
Drifting apart
[E]
Drifting [Bm] so slow
[E] [B]
I watch you [A] go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
[E]
[B] [A]
[Bm] [D]
[E] The [B]
[B] [A]
quiet settling of the night
It always [Bm] comes to this
[D]
Answer to [E] yourself in the dark
[E] That's where everyone [A] lives
[D] Same things keeping us together
[A] All the problems [E] we've had [D] from the start
Staying beside [E] each other
Lonesome [A] feels [E] like the [D] hardest part
Same things [E] tying us together
[A] All the [E] very ones that tear [D] us apart
Nobody's fault at [B] all
Baby we're drifting [A]
apart
[Bm] Drifting apart
[E]
[Bm] Drifting so slow
[E] I [A] watch you go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
[E]
[B] [Bm] Drifting apart
[E] [Bm] Drifting so [B]
slow
[E] I watch [A] you go
I [F#m] watch you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
[E] We're drifting [A] apart
Key:
E
A
D
B
Bm
E
A
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] You are a child when love is born
Can't stay a child for [Bm] long _
_ [D] _ Maybe the good times [Em] are up ahead
_ Maybe [E] those times [A] are gone
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ Same things [E] keeping us together
[A] All the very ones _ [D] making it hard _ _
Better [E] take a look _ around
[D]
Baby [E] we're drifting [B] _ apart _ _
[A] _ _ _ Drifting [D] apart _
_ [E] _ _ _ Drifting [Bm] so [B] slow
_ _ _ I watch [A] you go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] Day by day
_ Slowly you change
_ Growing into what [Bm] you are
_ _ _ [D] Nobody sees [B] it happening
[D] It's [E] easy like [A] opening a door
_ _ [D] _ _
Same things keeping [E] us together
_ [A]
Begin to make a wreck of [D] our hearts
_ _ No [E] use to shout [B] about it
Baby we're [E] drifting [A] _
apart
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Drifting apart
_ _ [E] _ _ _
Drifting [Bm] so slow
[E] _ _ [B]
I watch you [A] go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] The _ _ _ [B] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ quiet _ settling of the night
It always [Bm] comes to this
_ [D] _
Answer to [E] yourself in the dark
[E] That's where everyone [A] lives _
_ [D] _ Same things keeping us together
[A] All the problems [E] we've had [D] from the start
_ _ _ Staying beside [E] each other
Lonesome [A] feels [E] like the [D] hardest part _ _ _
Same things [E] tying us together
[A] All the [E] very ones that tear [D] us apart _
_ _ _ _ Nobody's fault at [B] all
Baby we're drifting _ [A]
apart
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Drifting _ apart
_ [E] _ _ _ _
[Bm] Drifting so slow
[E] _ I [A] watch you go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
_ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [Bm] Drifting apart _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Drifting so [B]
slow
[E] _ _ I watch [A] you go
I [F#m] watch you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
_ [E] _ We're drifting [A] _ apart _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] You are a child when love is born
Can't stay a child for [Bm] long _
_ [D] _ Maybe the good times [Em] are up ahead
_ Maybe [E] those times [A] are gone
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ Same things [E] keeping us together
[A] All the very ones _ [D] making it hard _ _
Better [E] take a look _ around
[D]
Baby [E] we're drifting [B] _ apart _ _
[A] _ _ _ Drifting [D] apart _
_ [E] _ _ _ Drifting [Bm] so [B] slow
_ _ _ I watch [A] you go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] Day by day
_ Slowly you change
_ Growing into what [Bm] you are
_ _ _ [D] Nobody sees [B] it happening
[D] It's [E] easy like [A] opening a door
_ _ [D] _ _
Same things keeping [E] us together
_ [A]
Begin to make a wreck of [D] our hearts
_ _ No [E] use to shout [B] about it
Baby we're [E] drifting [A] _
apart
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Drifting apart
_ _ [E] _ _ _
Drifting [Bm] so slow
[E] _ _ [B]
I watch you [A] go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] The _ _ _ [B] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ quiet _ settling of the night
It always [Bm] comes to this
_ [D] _
Answer to [E] yourself in the dark
[E] That's where everyone [A] lives _
_ [D] _ Same things keeping us together
[A] All the problems [E] we've had [D] from the start
_ _ _ Staying beside [E] each other
Lonesome [A] feels [E] like the [D] hardest part _ _ _
Same things [E] tying us together
[A] All the [E] very ones that tear [D] us apart _
_ _ _ _ Nobody's fault at [B] all
Baby we're drifting _ [A]
apart
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Drifting _ apart
_ [E] _ _ _ _
[Bm] Drifting so slow
[E] _ I [A] watch you go
I watch [F#m] you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
_ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [Bm] Drifting apart _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Drifting so [B]
slow
[E] _ _ I watch [A] you go
I [F#m] watch you go
Don't pretend you [D] don't know
_ [E] _ We're drifting [A] _ apart _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _