Artist: | Neil Young (English) |
User: | David Gratta |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
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Look out, Ma, there's a white boat comin' up the
G
river
C
With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the
G
rail
C
I think you'd better call John
Bm
'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the
C
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
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and it's makin' big waves
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Daddy's gone and my brother's out huntin' in the
G
mountains
C G
Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Emmy
Lou
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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
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The more those feelin's grew
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Jam here --
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G C G
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin’
C
He told me "Red means run, son, and numbers add up to
G
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
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky
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- then Jam again --
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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
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Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her
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