High Plains Drifter

Intro: (G C G D C G)

Verse 1:

             G                                                   
He makes a livin’ out of his saddle 
           C                 G
driftin’ along and punchin’ cattle
D                        C                 G
He breaks broncs he can rope the fastest steer
              G  
Sometimes he dreams of havin a wife yeah she’d 
 C                G
fit right in his life
      D             C                G
But being tied down is his greatest fear
     G                      C                    G
He drifts with the seasons and he’s got his own reasons
     D                       C               G
He learns new tricks of the trade along the way
     G                       C                       G
He drifts across the range workin’ across the high plains
    D                          C                   G
He stays awhile then trades a fresh horse for his pay


Chorus:

        C                            G
He’s a high plains drifter but everybody 

just calls him mister
 D                        C               G
They don’t know what to think about this man
 C                                     G
He’s a nice looking stranger with the twin 

colts he’s ready for danger
        D            C             D                   
He’s a high plains drifter and he sure enough 
C         G
is a top hand


Verse 2:

             G                                               
He owns his saddle and his clothes and it’s the 
 C             G
only life he knows
    D                            C               G
He can’t show much for all the years he’s spent alone
    G                          C                G
He lives a bachelor lifestyle and it’s been worthwhile
  D                          C                 G
‘Cause he’s free and he can call his life his own
          G    
He drove cattle on the Chisum Trail worked for the 
 C                        G
Waggoners, Pitchfork and Nail
D                C                     G
He ain’t never thought about plowing ground
     G                                                        
He dreams of having his own spread and 
  C                     G
working for himself instead 
      D                      C            G
Yeah one of these days he’s gonna settle down

Repeat Chorus