Neil Young – Powderfinger (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(5)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
G C G Look out, Ma, there's a white boat comin' up the river C G With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail C I think you'd better call John Bm C 'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail Bm C And it's less than a mile away Bm C I hope they didn't come to stay Bm C It's got numbers on the side and a gun D ////’//// G //// C G and it's makin' big waves B|3-3-3--1-0---1-0-----| G|-----------2-----0---| G C G Daddy's gone and my brother's out huntin' in the mountains C G Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Emmy Lou C Bm C So the powers that be left me here to do the thinkin' Bm C And I just turned twenty-two Bm C I was wonderin' what to do Bm And the closer they got C D ////’//// G //// C G The more those feelin's grew B|3-3-3--1-0---1-0-----| G|-----------2-----0---|
Jam here -->
G ////’////’//// C //// G ////’//// C ////’//// G ////’////
C ////’//// Bm //// C //// Bm //// C //// Bm
//// C//// Bm//// C //// D ////’////’//// G //// C G
G C G Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin’ C G He told me "Red means run, son, and numbers add up to nothin'" C Bm C When the first shot hit the dock I saw it comin' Bm C Raised my rifle to my eye Bm C Never stopped to wonder why Bm C D ////’//// G //// C G Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky B|3-3-3--1-0---1-0-----| G|-----------2-----0---|
- then Jam again -->
G ////’////’//// C //// G ////’//// C ////’//// G ////’////
C ////’//// Bm //// C //// Bm //// C //// Bm ////
G //// Bm ////C //// D ////’////’//// G ////
C G
G C G Shelter me from the powder and the finger C G Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger C Bm C Just think of me as one you never figured Bm C Would fade away so young Bm C So much left undone Bm C D ////’//// G //// C G Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her
** Just a lick -->
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(add a little spice with a quick C->G at the end of the 1st two lines of each verse)