Twentieth Century Drifter chords by Marty Robbins
Verse 1
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Drivin' my race car is my way
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of making a livin'
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My way of puttin' the bread
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on the table at home
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I'm gettin' back about half
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as much as I'm givin'
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And I couldn't make it without
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a good woman at home
Verse 2
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First place could be just a dream
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but I'm gonna chase it
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Finishing out of the top ten
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is nothing but bad
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And a junker won't ever be first
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I might as well face it
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First class equipment is somethin'
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a man's got to have
Verse 3
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You might even call me
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a twentieth century drifter
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Thirty- two weekends I load up
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the car and I'm gone
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And my woman cries with each
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goodbye kiss that I give her
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And she prayes that come Monday
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morning and I'll be driftin' home
Verse 4
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Well my woman sleeps in my arms
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and I lie here thinkin'
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Half awake half asleep I run
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and re- run the race
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From dark end till dawn it goes
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on my half awake dreamin'
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And ever so often I dream
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of me taking first place
Verse 5
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It's got to be more than a dream
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dreamin' won't make it
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Or dreaming won't ever put
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bread on the table at home
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And racing runs deep in my veins
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and I'll never shake it
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I'm tied to it just like I'm tied
to the woman at home
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Verse 6
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You might even call me a twentieth century
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Twentieth Century Drifter
Marty Robbins
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