Lindsey Buckingham - Soul Drifter
From the album "Out of the Cradle," 1992
Tabulated by Reed Peterson
*Standard Tuning*
CHORDS
e|---0--- e|---2--- e|---2---
B|---2--- B|---2--- B|---2---
G|---1--- G|---2--- G|---2---
D|---2--- D|---2--- D|---0---
A|---0--- A|---4--- A|---0(X)-
E|---X--- E|---2--- E|---X---
e|---0--- e|---5--- e|---3---
B|---0--- B|---7--- B|---0---
G|---1--- G|---6--- G|---4---
D|---2--- D|---7--- D|---5---
A|---2--- A|---X--- A|---X---
E|---0--- E|---X--- E|---X---
A6/E(v.2) F+ D
e|---2--- e|---1--- e|---2---
B|---2--- B|---2--- B|---3---
G|---2--- G|---2--- G|---2---
D|---4--- D|---3--- D|---0---
A|---X--- A|---X--- A|---0(X)-
E|---X--- E|---X--- E|---X---
e|---0--- e|---2----
B|---2--- B|---3----
G|---2--- G|---2----
D|---2--- D|---4----
A|---0--- A|---2----
E|--(X)0- E|---X(0)-
INTRO - Play X2
e|--2-0-2-4-2-4-5-4-5-7-5-7-9-4-5-7-5-7-5-4-2-4-2-0-
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e|--------------------------------------------------
B|-7-5---5---5-7-5---5---5-7-5---5---5-7-5---5---5--
G|-----7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7----
D|--------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------
VERSE 1
I'm a soul drifter
and I'm out of this town
ain't no use hangin' 'round,
you see
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B|------7-----7------0-----------2--2-0------2--2-0-----------
G|------6-----6------4--6-4------2-----------2----------------
D|---7-----7------5-----------4-----------3-------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
A6/E Emadd11 A6/E(v.2) F+
my heart is broken my part's been spoken
e|------------0-------------2-------------2-------0----0------
B|--------2---2-------------2--------2----2-------0----0------
G|-------1---1---------2---2--------2----2--------1---1-------
D|------2---2---------2---2--------0----0--------2---2--------
A|-----0-------------4------------0-------------2-------------
E|------------------2--------------------------0--------------
now the ground has opened all around me
I'm a soul drifter
and it's out of my hands
so it's off to other lands,
you see
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B|------7-----7------0-----------2--2-0------2--2-0-----------
G|------6-----6------4--6-4------2-----------2----------------
D|---7-----7------5-----------4-----------3-------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
A6/E Emadd11 A6/E(v.2) F+
it's a new dawn so it's so long
for the soul lifter
the soul drifter
that's me . . .
SOLO
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------12/14---14/12---------------
G|--14---------------------------14----14--16-----------------11/12--------
D|------15/16--(16\)14----14/16--------------------------------------16----
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
e|-------------------------------------------9/12---12--9------------------
B|----------12/14-13/14-13/14-13/14--12--14----------------12--12/14-------
G|--14--16-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
e|----------12/15-------------------------11/13----------------------------
B|------14-------12/14-14\12----------14-------12/14-14\12-----------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A6/E Emadd11 A6/E(v.2) F+
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|---12--12-12--------------------------------------------
G|---------------14--14-14---14\13--13-13---13\11--11-11--
D|--------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------
e|------------------------12-----
B|-12/14--14-14-14\12-12---------
G|-------------------------------
D|---------------------------14--
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------
"/" = slide up
"\" = slide down
VERSE 2
I'm a soul drifter
and it's out of my hands
so it's off to other lands,
you see
e|------5-----5------3-----------2-----------1----------------
B|------7-----7------0-----------2--2-0------2--2-0-----------
G|------6-----6------4--6-4------2-----------2----------------
D|---7-----7------5-----------4-----------3-------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
A6/E Emadd11 A6/E(v.2) F+
it's a new dawn so it's so long
for the soul lifter
the soul drifter
that's me . . .
that's me . . .
yeah, that's me . . .
I am bound away . . .
. . . .
I am bound away . . .
. . . .
I am bound away . . .
. . . .
A (or Amaj7)
NOTE: If anything seems unclear (i.e. rhythm, tempo, etc.) just listen to the song - it
should be fairly self-explanatory. The addition of "Bm7" in the song is based less on
the actual recording and more according to what would sound interesting if, for instance,
the only instrument played were an acoustic guitar - it's more or less "inferred," so to
speak. Great song.