INTRO: 
G C D   G   C D 
    Ah babe 
             G              C 
I'm missing you for a ni-i-ight 
    D      G  C D 
Uh woh woh no 
 
VERSE: 
 G        C  
Hey Bruce, 
D          G   C 
Untie my noose 
D          G        C 
Open up a bottle of 
 D             G    C 
Whatever you choose 
 D           G         C 
You see the naked truth 
           D         G    C 
It's only truth sometimes 
D              G               C 
And if you're looking for lies 
        D        G         C 
That's what you gonna find-i-ind 
 
CHORUS: 
D         G                    C           D 
I gotta free my soul from the troubles of lately 
 G                C          D 
Follow my heart wherever it takes me 
 G              C          D         G 
Let it float on by like a piece of driftwood 
 C       D        G 
Like a piece of driftwood, woh 
    C      D         G             C     D 
La Like a piece of driftwood, woh woh woh 
 
VERSE: 
     G 
You win some, you lose some 
     C             D               G    C        D 
And some that you win, you really lose don't you 
     G 
You get some, you give some 
      C             D             G              C  D 
You trade a little piece of your youth of your youth 
     G                      C       D           G 
But nothing makes me happier  than singing the blues 
         C  D 
Woh woh woh no 
        G           C        D             G   C D 
Set my big brown hat to my black pointed shoes 
 
CHORUS: 
D         G                    C           D 
I gotta free my soul from the troubles of lately 
 G                C          D 
Follow my heart wherever it takes me 
 G              C          D         G 
Let it float on by like a piece of driftwood 
    C       D        G 
La like a piece of driftwood,  
 C        D         G  C  D 
Mmmm mmm mmmm mmmm mmm 
 
E - PALM MUTE THIS CHORD  
 
VERSE: (Timing is different at this point) 
G 
  Ain't no mind through the troubles on the telephone lines 
     C                        D 
The sun still shines, we got water and wine 
      G 
It's time to start thinking, got no time to decline 
     C                                  D 
The earth awakes you, yes, the simple pleasures of mine 
 G 
Yours if you want them, you got time in the day 
       C                              D 
Find wealth in the loving and you'll never be gray 
G 
A piece is missing from the puzzle 
 
It's the piece that you need 
          C                           D                        
Peace of mind you gonna find and meditate by the sea 
    G                                                 C 
Be free with all your tree in all the air that you breathe 
       D 
Just breathe 
            G 
They can't take away your soul but they can take all your pride 
      C                            D                    G 
Slow ride, that's right we gonna sleep in the forest tonight 
   C                           D                    G 
Oh we gonna, gonna I'm gonna sleep in the forest tonight 
    C                   D 
Alright, yeah but it's sunlight 
 
INSTRUMENTAL: 
G C D   G C D   G C D   G C D 
 
CHORUS: 
      D         G                    C           D 
Guess I gotta free my soul from the troubles of lately 
 G                C          D 
Follow my heart wherever it take me 
 G              C               D                G 
Let it float on by li li li oh like a piece of driftwood 
 
OUTRO: 
                        C          D 
Free my soul from the troubles of lately 
 G                C          D 
Follow my heart wherever it take me 
 G                 C D   G C D   G C D   G 
Let it float on by