Twentieth Century Drifter chords by Marty Robbins

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Drivin' my race car is my way
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of making a  (B minor) livin'  (G major)  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) My   way of puttin' the bread
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on the table at  (A major) home
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I'm  (D major) gettin' back about half
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as much as I'm  (B minor) givin'
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And I could (E major) n't make it without
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a good woman at  (A major) home

Verse 2
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First  (D major) place could be just  (B minor) a dream  (D major) 
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but I'm gonna chase  (B minor) it
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Finishing  (E minor) out of the top ten
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is nothing but  (A major) bad
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And a junker  (D major) won't ever be first
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I might  (B minor) as   well face it
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First  (E major) class equipment is somethin'
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a man's got to  (A major) have

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Verse 3

You might even call me

a twentieth century drifter

Thirty- two weekends I load up

the car and I'm gone

And my woman cries with each

goodbye kiss that I give her

And she prayes that come Monday

morning and I'll be driftin' home

Verse 4
D 
Well  (D major) my woman sleeps in my arms
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and I lie here thinkin'  (B minor) 
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Half  (E minor) awake half asleep I run
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and re- run the race  (A major) 
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From dark  (D major) end till dawn it goes
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on my half awake  (B minor) dreamin'
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An (E major) d ever so often I dream
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of me taking first  (A major) place

Verse 5
D 
It's  (D major) got to be more than a dream
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dreamin' won't  (B minor) make it
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Or dreaming  (E minor) won't ever put
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bread on the table at  (A major) home
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And  (D major) racing runs deep in my veins
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and I'll never  (B minor) shake it
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I'm  (E major) tied to it just like I'm tied
to the woman at home
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 (A major) 