Autoscroll
1 Column
Text size
Transpose 0
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 *
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
* Alternate:
Capo II
A = G
E = D
C#m = Bm
G#m = F#m
B = A
Set8