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