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Drifting
by Sixpence None the Richer/Slocum
copyright 1995  le tigre sur un ballon publishing (ascap)
tabbed by Eclipsoes@aol.com

This is one of my fav Sixpence Songs so here's the tab for it.  The exact transcription may not be perfect, but this should give you some ideas.  Lyrics and order are at the bottom.  (Thanks to whoever did the chords...helped alot :)

Riff 1  (Opening Riff)
|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------
|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------
|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-5-7---7-7-7-5-7----------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------
|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------

Riff 2 (Verse Riff)
"drifting...
|--5---5-----5---5-----5---5-----5---5------5---5-----5---5----
|-8-5----8--8-5----8--8-5----8--8-5----8---8-5----8--8-5----8--
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
                      spell.....                                
|--5---5-----5---5----7--7--8---7--7--8---7--7--8--------------
|-8-5----8--8-5----8---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8-------------
|-----------------------7--7------7--7------7--7---------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
                                 ice...."
|-7--7--8---7--7--8---7--7--8----5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5--5-5--------
|--8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8---5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5--5-5--------
|---7--7------7--7------7--7-----5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5--5-5--------
|--------------------------------7-7-7--5-7--7-7-7--5-7--------
|--------------------------------7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7--7-7--------
|--------------------------------5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5--5-5--------

Riff 3 (Chorus Riff)
       "Golden            Sea...                           
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--12/13----12-12/13---12-12/13-13/12---------13/12----12/13---
|-------12----------12---------------14/12--14-------12--------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
       "Sinking                  Underneath...                             
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--12/13----12-12/13---12-12/13-13/12---------13/12----12/13---
|-------12----------12---------------14/12--14-------12--------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
Flailing Kicking...       Question...              Oh God Recieve...  
|-5-5---3-3---5-5---3-3---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----0------0---------
|-5-5---3-3---5-5---3-3---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----1-1-1---0---------
|-5-5---4-4---5-5---4-4---------------------2---2----0---------
|-7-7---5-5---7-7---5-5--------------------2---------2---------
|-7-7---5-5---7-7---5-5------------------------------2---------
|-5-5---3-3---5-5---3-3------------------------------0---------

Solo Intro and Background
|-0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--3-3-3--------------------------------------
|-1-1--1--1-1-1--1-1-1--0-0-0--------------------------------------
|-2-2--2--0-0-0--2-2-2--0-0-0--------------------------------------
|-2-2--0--2-2-2--3-3-3--0-0-0--------------------------------------
|-0-0--2--3-3-3--3-3-3--2-2-2--------------------------------------
|-0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--3-3-3--------------------------------------


Solo           (this part's played fast)    
|-5-5-5-3-7-5-5------------------------------------------------
|------------------5-3-1-0--1----------------------------------
|--------------5-5--------2--2-0----0--0------------------------
|--------------------------------0h2--2-2-2-0------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------

Opening:  Riff 1 x3
 
Riff 2                      
drifting away from you
spinning down to the pinpoint drop of isolation
in a spell
walking away from the fire
that keeps my heart
from turning ice

Chorus:
Riff 3
golden feet grace the surface of the sea
sinking deeper i view them from underneath
flailing, kicking as i head for the deep
i question a hypothetical lead supper
oh God receive my outstretched hand

Riff 2
will i inhale the blue
spinning down upon the glass
a ghost towards realization of a cell
enclosing the hauntings of a past
that blind the eyes
and rust the heart

Solo Intro x4

Solo x2

Amin
so i fell
i need you to take my hand
                           Riff 1 
and keep my heart from ice...

Chorus (A little different, but you'd figure it out)
                                   Fmaj7
Flailing Kicking as I head for the deep

It's not exact, transcription wise, but it's close.  Listen to the song on the CD, so you can get an idea on what I put up here.