Drifting Too Far From the Shore

Hank Williams

Written by Charles Moody

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
Out on the perilous sea
      G7                 C
Where danger so silently creeps
                        F C7
And storms so violently sweep
       C                G7       C
You're drifting too far from the shore

Verse 2

F                                C
You're drifting too far from the shore
       G7                        C
You're drifting too far from the shore
                            C7           F
Come to Jesus today let Him show you the way
       C                G7       C
You're drifting too far from the shore

Verse 3

Today the tempest rolls high
        G7                    C
And the clouds overshadow the sky
             C7       F
For death is hovering nigh
           C                G7       C
And you're drifting too far from the shore

Verse 2

F                                C
You're drifting too far from the shore
       G7                        C
You're drifting too far from the shore
                            C7           F
Come to Jesus today let Him show you the way
       C                G7       C
You're drifting too far from the shore

Verse 4

Why meet a terrible fate
     G7                  C
When mercy so abundantly waits
                 C7       F
Turn back before it's too late
       C                G7       C
You're drifting too far from the shore

Verse 2

F                                C
You're drifting too far from the shore
       G7                        C
You're drifting too far from the shore
                            C7           F
Come to Jesus today let Him show you the way
       C                G7       C
You're drifting too far from the shore