Intro: D Em7 C9 add9  
       D Em7 Em7  
 
 D                     Em7 
I'm gonna be a modern day drifter 
 C9              D 
Get out while I can 
                                    D7 
Gonna trade in this life I've been livin' 
 G                    Em7 
For a pocket full of sand 
 
And a modern day drifter 
                                D 
Don't have to tell no one his plans 
 
 D                                    Em7           
I'm gonna find that long stretch of highway 
 C9                    D 
Where no one knows my name 
                                  D7 
Where as long as the sky just goes on 
 G                  Em7 
And it's never the same 
                                   D 
A modern day drifter don't ever complain 
 
Chorus: 
F#m  G    A    D 
Bye bye, high life 
 F#m   G        A 
Feels like the right time 
       F#m  G 
To say so long 
          A     D 
Keep on goin' strong 
               F#m  G        A   
And I'll just keep on bein' gone 
 
             D                     Em7 
'Cause I'm gonna be a modern day drifter 
 C9    D 
Yes I am 
                             D7 
Gonna slip this ring off my finger 
  G                  Em7  
'Cause everybody understands 
 
That a modern day drifter's got 
                         D 
Nothin' but time on his hands 
 
  
 
Bye bye, high life 
It feels like the right time 
To say so long 
Keep on goin' strong 
And I'll just keep bein' gone 
 
'Cause I'm gonna be a modern day drifter 
Oh, yes I am 
Gonna slip this ring off my finger 
'Cause everybody understands 
That a modern day drifter's got 
Nothin' but time on his hands