Written by John Mayer
Intro Em7 C G D/F# Em7 C G D/F#Em7 C Time and space and I'm out of place G D/F# Don't recognize a single face Em7 C By now I should've won the race G D/F# But I haven't found a home Em7 C It seems to me if you don't catch that vine G D/F# And swing to the next tree branch in time Em7 C The years add up and you fall behind G D/F# And you're left to walk alone Em7 C G D/F# So I'm drifting I'm drifting I'm drifting Em7 C G D/F# Yeah I'm drifting and I'm drifting and I'm driftingVerse 1:
Em7 C Meet a stranger, tag along G D/F# Maybe smoke a cigarette all wrong Em7 C Tell a story, sing a song G D/F# Lay my head where it don't belong Em7 C And somehow it occurs to me G D/F# That out here on the deep blue sea Em7 C There are other people drifting too G D/F# Em7 C Maybe someday baby I'll drift into you G D/F# Maybe someday baby I'll drift into youEm7 C Called my shrink the other day G D/F# Forgot what I was gonna say Em7 C So I lied and said I lost my way G D/F# 'Cus I couldn't let him down Em7 C Put my leather jacket on G D/F# To play the part of bad boy John Em7 C The brokenhearted vagabond G D/F# That wandered into town Em7 C G D/F# 'Cus I'm drifting yeah I'm drifting yeah I'm drifting Em7 C G D/F# Yeah I'm drifting yeah I'm drifting I'm driftingVerse 2:
Em7 C Meet a stranger, tag along G D/F# Maybe smoke a cigarette all wrong Em7 C Tell a story, sing a song G D/F# Lay my head where it don't belong Em7 C But somehow it occurs to me G D/F# That out here on the deep blue sea Em7 C There are other people drifting too G D/F# Em7 C Maybe someday baby I'll drift into you G D/F# Maybe someday baby I'll drift into youEm7 C Live for the moment 'till the moment is gone G D/F# Lonesome is the road I'm travelling on Em7 C I go where I want and I won't miss anyone G D/F# 'Cus I'm driftin' Em7 C Tryin' to write a story but I'm stuck on a page G D/F# God it's been so long I can't remember my age Em7 C I'm lost till the minute that I step on the stage G D/F# 'Cause I'm drifting Em7 C G D/F# And I'm driftingBridge:
Em7 C Meet a stranger, tag along G D/F# Maybe smoke a cigarette all wrong Em7 C Tell a story, sing a song G D/F# Lay my head where it don't belong Em7 C Somehow it occurs to me G D/F# That out here on the deep blue sea Em7 C There are other people drifting too G D/F# Em7 C Maybe someday baby I'll drift into you G D/F# Em7 C Maybe someday baby I'll drift into you G D/F# Maybe someday baby I'll drift into you