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Powderfinger by Neil Young - Guitar Chords

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            Powderfinger
Neil Young

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
          Bm7              Cmaj7
And it's less than a mile away
 Bm7                      Cmaj7
I hope they didn't come to stay
         Bm                      Cmaj7
It's got numbers on the side and a gun
                       D ////’//// G //// C    G
and it's makin' big waves

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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'
     Bm7      Cmaj7
And I just turned twenty-two
     Bm7       Cmaj7
I was wonderin' what to do
       Bm7           Cmaj7
And the closer they got
                        D ////’//// G //// C    G
The more those feelin's grew

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Jam here --&gt;

G ////’////’//// C //// G ////’//// C ////’//// G ////’////

C ////’//// Bm //// C //// Bm7 //// Cmaj7 //// Bm7

//// Cmaj7//// Bm7//// Cmaj7 //// 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'
Bm7              Cmaj7
Raised my rifle to my eye
Bm7              Cmaj7
Never stopped to wonder why
Bm7                  Cmaj7                         D ////’//// G //// C   G
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky

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- then Jam again --&gt;

G ////’////’//// C //// G ////’//// C ////’//// G ////’////

C ////’//// Bm //// C //// Bm7 //// Cmaj7 //// Bm7 ////

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
      Bm7          Cmaj7
Would fade away so young
Bm7               Cmaj7
So much left undone
  Bm7             Cmaj7             D ////’//// G //// C   G
Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her

** Just a lick --&gt;

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(add a little spice with a quick C-&gt;G at the end of the 1st two lines of each verse)
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