Neil Young - Powderfinger

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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 ,
A
there’s a white boat
E A/E
comin’ up the river
A
with a big red beacon ,

and a flag ,
E A/E
and a man on the rail
A
i think you’d better call john ,
C#m
’cause it don’t

look like they’re here
E A
to deliver , the mail
G#m A
and it’s less than a mile away
G#m A
i hope they didn’t come to stay
G#m
it’s got numbers on the side
C#m
and a gun
E
and it’s makin’ big waves .

E A/E

E
Daddy’s gone ,
A
my brother’s out hunting
E A/E
in the mountains
A
big john’s been drinking
E A/E
since the river took emmy – lou
A
so the powers that be
C#m
left me here
E
to do the thinkin’
G#m A
and i just turned twenty – two
G#m A
i was wonderin’ what to do
G#m
and the closer they got ,
C#m E
the more those feelings grew .

E A/E

E A
Daddy’s rifle in my hand
E A/E
felt reassurin’

he said ,
A
red means run , son ,
E A/E
numbers add up to nothin’
A
but when the first shot
C#m E
hit the docks i saw it comin’
G#m A
raised my rifle to my eye
G#m A
never stopped to wonder why .
G#m
then i saw black ,
C#m E
and my face splashed in the sky .

E A/E

E A
shelter me from the powder
E A/E
and the finger
A
cover me with the thought
E A/E
that pulled the trigger
A
think of me
C#m E
as one you’d never figured
G#m A
would fade away so young
G#m A
with so much left undone
G#m C#m
remember me to my love ,
E
i know i’ll miss her .

E A/E

* alternate :

capo ii

A = G
E = D
C#m = Bm
G#m = F#m

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