Powderfinger

Neil Young

[G]Look out, Ma, there’s a [C]white boat comin’ up the [G]river
With a [C]big red beacon and a flag and a man on the [G]rail
I think you’d [C]better call John
’cause it don’t look like they’re here to de[Bm]liver, the [C]mail
And it’s [Bm]less than a mile a[C]way
I [Bm]hope they didn’t come to [C]stay
It’s got [Bm]numbers on the side and a [C]gun and it’s makin’ big [D]waves [G] [C] [G]

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[G]Daddy’s gone and my [C]brother’s out huntin’ in the [G]mountains
Big [C]John’s been drinkin’ since the river took Emmy [G]Lou
So the [C]powers that be left me here to do the [Bm]thinkin’ [C]
And I [Bm]just turned twenty-[C]two
I was [Bm]wonderin’ what to [C]do
And the [Bm]closer they got,
The more those feelin’s [D]grew [G] [C] [G]

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Jam here –>

G C G C G C Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm C D G C G

[G]Daddy’s rifle in my [C]hand felt rea[G]ssurin’
He told me [C]”Red means run, son, and numbers add up to [G]nothin'”
When the [C]first shot hit the dock I saw it [Bm]comin’ [C]
Raised my [Bm]rifle to my [C]eye
Never [Bm]stopped to wonder [C]why
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the [D]sky [G] [C] [G]

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• then Jam again –>

G C G C G C Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm C D G C G

[G]Shelter me from the [C]powder and the [G]finger
[C]Cover me with the thought that pulled the [G]trigger
Just [C]think of me as one you never [Bm]figured [C]
Would [Bm]fade away so [C]young
[Bm]So much left un[C]done
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss [D]her [G] [C] [G]

** Just a lick –>

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OR:

{sot}
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{eot}

(add a little spice with a quick C->G at the end of the 1st two lines of each verse)