Powderfinger Neil Young
Powderfinger chords rare acoustic version
Neil Young 1975 (This version is from the unreleased Chrome Dreams Album and the
unreleased single; please note this is in the key of E, not G as in the live
versions and Rust Never Sleeps)
E *
[E]Look out, Mama,
there's a [A]white boat
comin' up the [E]river[A/E]
With a [A]big red beacon,
and a flag,
and a man on the [E]rail[A/E]
I think you'd [A]better call John,
'Cause it [C#m]don't
look like they're here
to de[E]liver, the [A]mail
And it's [G#m]less than a mile a[A]way
I [G#m]hope they didn't come to [A]stay
It's got [G#m]numbers on the side
and a [C#m]gun
And it's makin' big [B]waves.
[E] [A/E]
[E]Daddy's gone,
my brother's out [A]hunting
in the [E]mountains[A/E]
Big [A]John's been drinking
since the river took Emmy-[E]Lou[A/E]
So the [A]powers that be
left [C#m]me here
to do the [E]thinkin'
And I [G#m]just turned twenty-[A]two
I was [G#m]wonderin' what to [A]do
And the [G#m]closer they got,
The [C#m]more those feelings [B]grew.
[E] [A/E]
[E]Daddy's rifle in my [A]hand
felt reas[E]surin'[A/E]
He said,
[A]Red means run, son,
numbers add up to [E]nothin'[A/E]
But when the [A]first shot
hit the [C#m]docks I saw it [E]comin'
Raised my [G#m]rifle to my [A]eye
Never [G#m]stopped to wonder [A]why.
Then [G#m]I saw black,
And my [C#m]face splashed in the [B]sky.
[E] [A/E]
[E]Shelter me from the [A]powder
and the [E]finger[A/E]
[A]Cover me with the thought
that pulled the [E]trigger[A/E]
[A]Think of me
as [C#m]one you'd never [E]figured
Would [G#m]fade away so [A]young
With [G#m]so much left un[A]done
Re[G#m]member me to my [C#m]love,
I know I'll [B]miss her.
[E] [A/E]
* Alternate:
Capo II
A = G
E = D
C#m = Bm
G#m = F#m
B = A
Set8
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