Powderfinger Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

E

ELook out, Mama,

there's a Awhite boat

comin' up the EriverA/E

With a Abig red beacon,

and a flag,

and a man on the ErailA/E

I think you'd Abetter call John,

'Cause it C♯mdon't

look like they're here

to deEliver, the Amail

And it's G♯mless than a mile aAway

I G♯mhope they didn't come to Astay

It's got G♯mnumbers on the side

and a C♯mgun

And it's makin' big Bwaves.

E A/E

EDaddy's gone,

my brother's out Ahunting

in the EmountainsA/E

Big AJohn's been drinking

since the river took Emmy-ELou A/E

So the Apowers that be

left C♯mme here

to do the Ethinkin'

And I G♯mjust turned twenty-Atwo

I was G♯mwonderin' what to Ado

And the G♯mcloser they got,

The C♯mmore those feelings Bgrew.

E A/E

EDaddy's rifle in my Ahand

felt reasEsurin'A/E

He said,

ARed means run, son,

numbers add up to Enothin'A/E

But when the Afirst shot

hit the C♯mdocks I saw it Ecomin'

Raised my G♯mrifle to my Aeye

Never G♯mstopped to wonder Awhy.

Then G♯mI saw black,

And my C♯mface splashed in the Bsky.

E A/E

EShelter me from the Apowder

and the EfingerA/E

ACover me with the thought

that pulled the EtriggerA/E

AThink of me

as C♯mone you'd never Efigured

Would G♯mfade away so Ayoung

With G♯mso much left unAdone

ReG♯mmember me to my C♯mlove,

I know I'll Bmiss her.

E A/E

A G

E D

C♯m Bm

G♯m F♯m

B A