Artist: | Neil Young (English) |
User: | Dan Field |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Default |
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Comment: | - |
Powderfinger
Neil Young 1979 Nice version by Cowboy Junkies
C add the G, 3rd fret high E
Cmaj7 add the G, 3rd Fret Low E
G //// C //// G /// C 'G / //// C //// //// G /// C 'G / ////
C //// //// Bm //// Cmaj7 //// Bm //// Cmaj7 //// Bm //// Cmaj7 ////
Bm //// Cmaj7 //// D //// //// C // G // //// C // G // C G
G C G C G
Look out, Ma, there's a white boat comin' up the river
C G 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
Bm Cmaj7
And it's less than a mile away
Bm 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|-----------2-----0---|
G C G C G
Daddy's gone and my brother's out huntin' in the mountains
C G 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
G ////’////’//// C //// G ////’//// C ////’//// G ////’////
C ////’//// Bm //// C //// Bm7 //// Cmaj7 //// Bm7
//// Cmaj 7//// Bm7 //// Cmaj7 //// D //// //// //// G //// C G
G C G C G
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin’
C G 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
B|3-3-3--1-0---1-0-----|
G|-----------2-----0---|
- then Jam again --
G //// //// //// C //// G //// //// C //// //// G //// ////
C //// //// Bm //// C //// Bm7 //// Cmaj7 //// Bm7 ////
G //// Bm //// C //// D //// //// //// G ////
C G
G C G C G
Shelter me from the powder and the finger
C G C G
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
C Bm C
Just think of me as one you never figured (out)
Bm7 Cmaj7
You 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 --
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