Powderfinger chords by Cowboy Junkies

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

G+G C majorC G+G


🎸 Verse 1:
G+G            C majorC                G+G  C majorC G+G
Look out, Mama, there's a white boat coming down 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            Cmaj7Cmaj7             B minorBm     C majorC
I think you'd better call John 'cause it don't look like they're here To deliver the mail

     Bm7Bm7       Cmaj7Cmaj7  Bm7Bm7        Cmaj7Cmaj7
And it's less than a mile away I hope they didn't come to stay
     Bm7Bm7          Cmaj7Cmaj7
It's got numbers on the side and a gun,
            D MajorD DsusDsus D MajorD C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
And it's making big waves.

🎸 Verse 2:
G+G       C majorC             G+G     C majorC G+G
Daddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountains
  C majorC                      G+G  C majorC G+G
Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy Lou
    C majorC          Cmaj7Cmaj7      B minorBm    C majorC
So the powers that be left me here to do all the thinking
   Bm7Bm7      Cmaj7Cmaj7    Bm7Bm7     Cmaj7Cmaj7
And I just turned twenty-two I was wondering what to do
    Bm7Bm7       Cmaj7Cmaj7     C majorC     D MajorD DsusDsus D MajorD C majorC  G+G C majorC G+G
And the closer they got, the more those feelings grew


🎸 Verse 3:
G+G            C majorC     G+G   C majorC G+G
Daddy's rifle in my hands, felt reassuring
      C majorC                 G+G    C majorC G+G
He told me, red means run son, numbers add up to nothing
       C majorC        Cmaj7Cmaj7     B minorBm    C majorC
But when that first shot hit the dock, I saw it coming
      Bm7Bm7   Cmaj7Cmaj7   Bm7Bm7      Cmaj7Cmaj7
Raised the rifle to my eye, Never stopped to wonder why
   Bm7Bm7       Cmaj7Cmaj7  C majorC        D MajorD DsusDsus D MajorD C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky


🎸 Interlude:
G+G            C majorC     G+G   C majorC G+G
C majorC                 G+G    C majorC G+G
C majorC        Cmaj7Cmaj7     B minorBm    C majorC
Bm7Bm7   Cmaj7Cmaj7   Bm7Bm7      Cmaj7Cmaj7
Bm7Bm7       Cmaj7Cmaj7  C majorC        D MajorD DsusDsus D MajorD C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
 

🎸 Verse 4:
G+G        C majorC       G+G   C majorC G+G
Shelter me from the powder and the finger
C majorC                    G+G    C majorC G+G
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
C majorC        Cmaj7Cmaj7        B minorBm    C majorC
Just think of me as one you never figured
Bm7Bm7       Cmaj7Cmaj7   Bm7Bm7       Cmaj7Cmaj7
Would fade away so young, with so much left undone
Bm7Bm7       Cmaj7Cmaj7   C majorC         D MajorD DsusDsus D MajorD C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Remember me to my love. I know I'll miss her