Powderfinger chords by Neil Young (Official Version)
Verse 1
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Look out, mama, there's a white boat
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coming up the river
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With a big red beacon, and a flag,
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and a man on the rail
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I think you'd better call John
'Cause it don't look like they're here
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to delliver the mail
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And it's less than a mile away
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I hope they didn't come to stay
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It's got numbers on the side and a gun
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And it's making big waves
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Daddy's gone, my brother's out
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hunting in the mountains
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Big John's been drinking
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since the river took Emmy- Lou
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So the powers that be
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left me here to do the thinkin'
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And I just turned twenty- two
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I was wondering what to do
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And the closer they got
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The more those feelings grew
Interlude 2
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Solo 1
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Interlude 3
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Verse 3
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Daddy's rifle in my hand
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felt reassuring
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He told me, "Red means run, son;
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numbers add up to nothing"
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When the first shot hit the docks
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I saw it coming
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Raised my rifle to my eye
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Never stopped to wonder why
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Then I saw black
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And my face splashed in the sky
Interlude 4
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Solo 2
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Interlude 5
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Verse 4
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Shelter me from the powder
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and the finger
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Cover me with the thought
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that pulled the trigger
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Just think of me
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as one you'd never figured
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Would fade away so young
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With so much left undone
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Remember me to my love
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I know I'll miss her
Outro 1
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Powderfinger
Neil Young
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