Powderfinger chords by Cowboy Junkies

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

🎸 Intro:

G  C  G


🎸 Verse 1:
G                       C                               G   C  G
Look out, Mama, there's a white boat coming down the river
       C                                             G    C G
With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail
              C                       Cmaj7                          Bm          C
I think you'd better call John 'cause it don't look like they're here To deliver the mail

         Bm7              Cmaj7   Bm7               Cmaj7
And it's less than a mile away  I hope they didn't come to stay
         Bm7                    Cmaj7
It's got numbers on the side and a gun,
                        D Dsus D C G C G
And it's making big waves.

🎸 Verse 2:
G             C                          G         C G
Daddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountains
    C                                            G    C G
Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy Lou
       C                    Cmaj7            Bm       C
So the powers that be left me here to do all the thinking
      Bm7            Cmaj7       Bm7          Cmaj7
And I just turned twenty-two I was wondering what to do
        Bm7              Cmaj7          C         D Dsus D C   G C G
And the closer they got, the more those feelings grew


🎸 Verse 3:
G                       C         G      C G
Daddy's rifle in my hands, felt reassuring
            C                                 G       C G
He told me, red means run son, numbers add up to nothing
              C               Cmaj7         Bm       C
But when that first shot hit the dock, I saw it coming
           Bm7      Cmaj7      Bm7            Cmaj7
Raised the rifle to my eye, Never stopped to wonder why
     Bm7              Cmaj7   C                D Dsus D  C G C G
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky


🎸 Interlude:
G                       C         G      C G
C                                 G       C G
C               Cmaj7         Bm       C
Bm7      Cmaj7      Bm7            Cmaj7
Bm7              Cmaj7   C                D Dsus D  C G C G
 

🎸 Verse 4:
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                Cmaj7               Bm       C
Just think of me as one you never figured
Bm7              Cmaj7      Bm7              Cmaj7
Would fade away so young, with so much left undone
Bm7             Cmaj7     C                  D Dsus D C G C G C G
Remember me to my love. I know I'll miss her