Ballad of a Lonesome Drifter
From the 2025 Dollar a Day album
Capo 1st fret
Intro
[D] [C] [G]
Verse 1
[G] [C] [G]
He doesn't say too much, and his throat is dry
[D] [C] [G]
What he wants is a bottle of rye
[C] [G]
Born just to play a bad luck hand
[D] [C] [G]
This here's the tale of a Texican
Verse 2
[G] [C] [G]
As the night rolls in and the sun goes down
[D] [C] [G]
He'll find himself in a different town
[C] [G]
All the good-time women, prophets, drunks, and thieves
[D] [C] [G]
Will soon find out what the Texican means
Interlude
[D] [C] [G] x2
Verse 3
[G] [C] [G]
Mexican boots and a Stetson hat
[D] [C] [G]
Gun is slung low with the trigger tied back
[C] [G]
These are the marks of a fightin man
[D] [C] [G]
The kind they call the Texican
Interlude
[D] [C] [G]
Verse 4
[G] [C] [G]
Jinglin' spurs on a hardwood floor
[D] [C] [G]
A poker game just made for four
[C] [G]
But if you sit in for a card or two
[D] [C] [G]
You'll wind up dead before you're through
Outro
[Em]
Border wind
[G]
Border wind
[Em] [D]
Where do you go?
[Am]
Cover my trail tonight
