Drifter’s Escape

Artist: Bob Dylan (English)
User: Saxon
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
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Drifter’s Escape

Bob Dylan   

Capo II 


     G                      
"Oh, help me in my weakness,"
            C/G     G     
I heard the drifter say,
        G              
As they carried him from the courtroom
                C/G  G     
And were taking him away.
    G 
"My trip hasn't been a pleasant one
               C/G   G      
And my time it isn't long,
          
And I still do not know
                 C/G       G 
What it was that I've done wrong."


      G 
Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside,
            C/G    G 
 A tear came to his eye,
     G 
"You fail to understand," he said,
              C/G  G 
"Why must you even try?"
   G 
Outside, the crowd was stirring,
                  C/G      G 
You could hear it from the door.

Inside, the judge was stepping down,
               C/G       G 
While the jury cried for more.


     G 
"Oh, stop that cursed jury,"
             C/G            G 
Cried the attendant and the nurse,
     G 
"The trial was bad enough,
            C/G       G 
But this is ten times worse."
     G 
Just then a bolt of lightning
                      C/G    G 
Struck the courthouse out of shape,

And while ev'rybody knelt to pray
            C/G  G    
The drifter did escape.


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