Powderfinger

[Verse 1]  
[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  

[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  

[Jam Section]  
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[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]  
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky  
[C] [G]  

[Jam Section]  
[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