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Powderfinger : Rust Never Sleeps G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G Look out, Ma, there's a white boat comin' up the river C majorC G+G C majorC G+G With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail C majorC I think you'ld better call John B minorBm C majorC 'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail Bm7Bm7 Cm7Cm7 And it's less than a mile away Bm7Bm7 Cm7Cm7 I hope they hope they didn't come to stay Bm7Bm7 Cm7Cm7 It's got numbers on the side and a gun D MajorD and it's makin' big waves Fill: e|-----------------------| BB|-7-7--7--5-3---5--3----| G+G|-7-7--7--5-4-4-5--4-4--| D MajorD|-------------5------5--| A augmentedA|-----------------------| E MajorE|-----------------------| better split and played by 2 guitars C majorC G+G C majorC G+G Daddy's gone and my brother's out huntin' in the mountains Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Emmy Lou So the powers that be left me here to do the thinkin' And I just turned twenty-two I was wonderin' what to do And the closer they got The more those feelin's grew Fill: inter-verse where you can improvise: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC B minorBm C majorC Bm7Bm7 Cm7Cm7 Bm7Bm7 Cm7Cm7 Bm7Bm7 Cm7Cm7 D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin; He told me "Red means run, son, and numbers add up to nothin'" When the first shot hit the dock I saw it comin' Raised my rifle to my eye Never stopped to wonder why Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky Fill: inter-verse Shelter me from the powder and the finger Cover me with the one that pulled the trigger Just think of me as one you never figured Would fade away so young With so much left undone Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her Fill: C majorC G+G C majorC G+G notes: Cm7Cm7 032000
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