Drifter's Escape chords by
Joan Baez
Joan Baez

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Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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"Help me in my weakness"
I heard the drifter say
As they carried him from the courtroom
Verse 2
And were taking him away
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"My trip hasn't been a pleasant one
My time it isn't long
And I still do not know
Verse 3
What it was that I've done wrong"
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Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside
A tear came to his eye
"You fail to understand", he said
"Why must you even try?"
Verse 4
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Outside, the crowd was stirring
You could hear it from the door
Inside, the judge was stepping down
Interlude 1
While the jury cried for more
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Verse 5
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"Oh, stop that cursed jury"
Cried the attendant and the nurse
The trial was bad enough
But this is ten times worse
Verse 6
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Just then a bolt of lightning
Struck the courthouse out of shape
And while everybody knelt to pray
Outro 1
The drifter did escape
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDb Ab