Chord/Tab song: Soul Drifter

Lindsey Buckingham - Soul Drifter
From the album "Out of the Cradle," 1992
Tabulated by Reed Peterson

Standard Tuning

CHORDS

[Amaj7] [F#m7] [Dmaj7]

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] [A6/E] [Emadd11]

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---

[A] [Bm7]

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-
B|--------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------

[D] [D] [E] [D]

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|--------------------------------------------------

[D] [E]
VERSE 1

I'm a [Amaj7]soul drif[F#m7]ter
and I'm ou[Dmaj7]t of this tow[E]n
ain't no u[Dmaj7]se hangin' '[E]round,
you see[Amaj7]

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+
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 th[Amaj7]e ground has op[Fm7]ened al[Dmaj7]l around me [E]

I'm a [Amaj7]soul drif[F#m7]ter
and it's o[Dmaj7]ut of my hand[E]s
so it's of[Dmaj7]f to other l[E]ands,
you see[Amaj7]

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 [A]soul l[Bm7]ifter
the s[A]oul dr[Bm7]ifter
that's [A]me . .[Bm7] .
[A] [Bm7]
SOLO

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------12/14---14/12---------------
G|--14---------------------------14----14--16-----------------11/12--------
D|------15/16--(16\)14----14/16--------------------------------------16----
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Amaj7] [Fm7] [Dmaj7] [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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Dmaj7] [E] [Amaj7]

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|-------------------------------------------------------- 

[Amaj7] [Fm7]

e|------------------------12-----
B|-12/14--14-14-14\12-12---------
G|-------------------------------
D|---------------------------14--
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

[Dmaj7] [E]
"/" slide up
"\" slide down

VERSE 2

I'm a[Amaj7] soul dri[F#m7]fter
and it's o[Dmaj7]ut of my hand[E]s
so it's of[Dmaj7]f to other l[E]ands,
you see[Amaj7]

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 [A]soul l[Bm7]ifter
the s[A]oul dr[Bm7]ifter
that's [A]me . .[Bm7] .
that's [A]me . .[Bm7] .
yeah, that's [A]me . .[Bm7] .
[A]I am bound a[Bm7]way . . .
[A]. . . .[Bm7]
[A]I am bound a[Bm7]way . . .
[A]. . . .[Bm7]
[A]I am bound a[Bm7]way . . .
[A]. . . .[Bm7]
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.