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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* (022100@1)
E (022100@1)Look out, Mama,
          Athere's (x02220@1)a white boat
              E (022100@1)  A/Ecomin' (002220@1)up the river
       AWith (x02220@1)a big red beacon,

and a flag,
                 E (022100@1) A/Eand (002220@1)a man on the rail
              AI (x02220@1)think you'd better call John,
          C#m'Cause (x13321@4)it don't
         
look like they're here
     E (022100@1)        Ato (x02220@1)deliver, the mail
         Abm (133111@4)             AAnd (x02220@1)it's less than a mile away
  Abm (133111@4)                    AI (x02220@1)hope they didn't come to stay
         AbmIt's (133111@4)got numbers on the side
      C#mand (x13321@4)a gun
                    EAnd (022100@1)it's makin' big waves.

E  A/E

EDaddy's (022100@1)gone,
                 Amy (x02220@1)brother's out hunting
       E (022100@1)      A/Ein (002220@1)the mountains
    ABig (x02220@1)John's been drinking
                          E (022100@1) A/Esince (002220@1)the river took Emmy-Lou
       ASo (x02220@1)the powers that be
     C#mleft (x13321@4)me here
          Eto (022100@1)do the thinkin'
      Abm (133111@4)              AAnd (x02220@1)I just turned twenty-two
      Abm (133111@4)             AI (x02220@1)was wonderin' what to do
        AbmAnd (133111@4)the closer they got,
    C#m (x13321@4)               EThe (022100@1)more those feelings grew.

E  A/E

E (022100@1)                 ADaddy's (x02220@1)rifle in my hand
         E (022100@1)   A/Efelt (002220@1)reassurin'

He said,
ARed (x02220@1)means run, son,
                  E (022100@1)    A/Enumbers (002220@1)add up to nothin'
             ABut (x02220@1)when the first shot
        C#m (x13321@4)          Ehit (022100@1)the docks I saw it comin'
          Abm (133111@4)       ARaised (x02220@1)my rifle to my eye
      Abm (133111@4)             ANever (x02220@1)stopped to wonder why.
     AbmThen (133111@4)I saw black,
       C#m (x13321@4)                EAnd (022100@1)my face splashed in the sky.

E  A/E

E (022100@1)                 AShelter (x02220@1)me from the powder
        E (022100@1)   A/Eand (002220@1)the finger
ACover (x02220@1)me with the thought
                E (022100@1)    A/Ethat (002220@1)pulled the trigger
AThink (x02220@1)of me
   C#m (x13321@4)           Eas (022100@1)one you'd never figured
      Abm (133111@4)        AWould (x02220@1)fade away so young
     Abm (133111@4)          AWith (x02220@1)so much left undone
  Abm (133111@4)           C#mRemember (x13321@4)me to my love,
            EI (022100@1)know I'll miss her.

E  A/E

* Alternate:

Capo II

A (x02220@1) = GE   = DC#m (xx0232@1)= Bm
Abm = F#m

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