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Drifting

4 Non Blondes

RockMedium for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
D××
F#Diagram coming soon
E
E5Diagram coming soon
Em
Cmaj7Diagram coming soon
C×
C9Diagram coming soon
Am×
Am7×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: G    D/F# E    E5   Em        D         G
       G    D/F# E5   Em        D    Cmaj7          C    Cmaj7         C
Em                D         G           D/F#  E5
     What a wonderful hesitation
Em                D          C  D/F#  E5
     who would bear to feel sorry for me
Em                   D                 G         F#   E
     dropped another pill just to calm me
Em                    D             Cmaj7            C   Cmaj7
     collapsed to my knees and fell fast into sleep
                 C9
     There I was drifting
      G  Am      C       G
     way out into the sunshine
                  Am7            C           G
     expecting to crash but I'm tied to a string
             Am7       C       G
     Look at me I'm a tangled puppet
                   Am         C               G    D/F#     E
     I might be a mess but I sure can survive
Em                 D                 G        D/F#    E5
     find myself awake counting sad days
Em       D             C D/F#  E5
     1-2-3 that's too many for me
Em                   D                 G     F#   E
     dropped another pill just to find me
Em                   D
     reached for my hand
                  Cmaj7        C   Cmaj7
     but it was already there
                     C9
     then I started believin'
     G     Am                 C        G
     that I fell out of a tiny raindrop
                      Am7           C          G
     that  lost it's way when it decided  to roam
             Am7        C     G
     chasing me was a hungry dweller
                  Am             C            G
     but I had escaped it by pretending to die
      C   Cmaj7   C
     Come follow me you won't expect the illusion
                                G        D/F#   E
     you'll see, it's my immagination
      C   Cmaj7        C
     hand me your eyes
     C
     I will put them in front of mine
                          G
     You'll see a little better
     You'll see a little better
 
Bridge:
G  D/F#  E   E5  Em         D       G
G  D/F#  E5  Em        D    Cmaj7          C    Cmaj7    C
 
Em                 D        G          D/F#   E5
     What a wonderful destination
Em              D        C    D/F# E5
     where I'm now I can no longer see
Em                   D             G         F#   E
     dropped another pill just to kill me
Em                    D              Cmaj7          C    Cmaj7
     collapsed to my knees and fell fast into sleep
                  C9
     there I was drifting
     G   Am      C     G
     way out into the sunshine
                   Am             C       G
     expecting to crash but I'm tied to a string
             Am         C      G
     Look at me I'm a tangled puppet
                  Am         C          G
     I might be a mess but I sure can survive
                   Am             C        G
     But i had escaped it by pretending to die.
     Outro:       Am             C        G
          
 

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Chord set

G · D · F# · E · E5 · Em · Cmaj7 · C · C9 · Am · Am7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.