Powderfinger Chords by Neil Young  &  Crazy Horse

[Start]

[Verse]
G                         C                        G    
■ Look out Mama there's a white boat coming up the river
       C                                          G   
With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail


[Chorus]
              C               
I think you'd better call John
                                          Bm          Bm7 C   
'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the ■   mail
         B7        Bm     C   
And it's less than a mile away
  B7        Bm             C   
I hope they didn't come to stay
         B7      Bm                C  
It's got numbers on the side and a gun
                    D     G C
And it's making big waves ■ ■


[Inst]

[Verse]
G                 C                            G        
■ Daddy's gone my brother's out hunting in the mountains
C                                             G      
Big John's been drinking since the river took EmmyLou


[Chorus]
       C                                     Bm       Bm7 Bm C
So the Powers That Be left me here to do the thinkin' ■   ■  ■
      Bm          C        
And I just turned twentytwo
      Bm                C 
I was wondering what to do
        Bm             
And the closer they got
C                       D   
The more those feelings grew


[Solo]
G C G C G C G C
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Bm C B7 Bm C Bm7 Bm C
■  ■ ■  ■  ■ ■   ■  ■
Bm Bm7 C D C G C G
■  ■   ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■


[Intro]

[Verse]
                    C         G         
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassuring
           C                                   G      
He told me Red means run son numbers add up to nothing
             C                                 Bm     Bm7
But when the first shot hit the docks I saw it coming ■  


[Chorus]
C           Bsus4 Bm    C  
■ Raised my rifle to my eye
Bm                      C  
Never stopped to wonder why
Bm              
Then I saw black
       Cmaj7 C               D  
And my face  splashed in the sky


[Solo]
G C G C G C G C
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Bm7 C Bm C Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm Bm7
■   ■ ■  ■ ■   ■     ■  ■  
Cmaj7 D C G C G
■     ■ ■ ■ ■ ■


[Chorus]
                    C              G     
Shelter me from the powder and the finger
C                                         G      
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
C                              Bm      C
Think of me as one you'd never figured ■
Bm                 C    
Would fade away so young
     B7 Bm        C     
With so much left undone
Bm7               C   
Remember me to my love
C                   
I know I'll miss her


[Outro]
D G C G
■ ■ ■ ■


[End]