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Neil Young

Version
studio
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max-max
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Verse]
G C G
Look out, Ma, there's a white boat comin' up the river
C G
With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail
C
I think you'd better call John
Bm C
'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the 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
D G C G
and it's makin' big waves
[Tab]
B|3-3-3--1-0---1-0-----|

G|-----------2-----0---|

[Verse]
G C G
Daddy's gone and my brother's out huntin' in the mountains
C G
Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Emmy Lou
C Bm C
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
D G C G
The more those feelin's grew
[Tab]
B|3-3-3--1-0---1-0-----|

G|-----------2-----0---|

[Instrumental]
G C G C G

C Bm C Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7

Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7 D G C G

[Verse]
G C G
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin’
C G
He told me "Red means run, son, and numbers add up to 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 G C G
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky
[Tab]
B|3-3-3--1-0---1-0-----|

G|-----------2-----0---|

[Instrumental]
G C G C G

C Bm C Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7

G Bm C D G

C G

[Verse]
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
Bm7 Cmaj7 D G C G
Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her
[Tab]
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