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Neil Young (1979)
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
1 2 3 & 4 &
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Look out, Ma, there's a | [C] white boat comin' up the | [G] river | [G]
With a | [C] big red beacon and a | [C] flag and a man on the | [G] rail | [G]
I think you'd | [C] better call John 'cause it | [C] don't look like they're here
to de- | [Bm7] liver... the | [C] mail
And it's | [Bm7] less than a mile a- | [Cmaj7] way
I | [Bm7] hope they didn't come to | [Cmaj7] stay
It's got | [Bm7] numbers on the side and a | [Cmaj7] gun
and it's makin' big | [D] waves | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Daddy's gone and my | [C] brother's out huntin' in the | [G] mountains | [G]
Big | [C] John's been drinkin' since the | [C] river took Emmy | [G] Lou | [G]
So the | [C] powers that be left | [C] me here to do the | [Bm7] thinkin' | [C]
And I | [Bm7] just turned twenty- | [Cmaj7] two
I was | [Bm7] wonderin' what to | [Cmaj7] do
And the | [Bm7] closer they | [Cmaj7] got
The more those feelins | [D] grew | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Daddy's rifle in my | [C] hand felt rea- | [G] ssurin' | [G]
He told me | [C] "Red means run, son, and | [C] numbers add up to | [G] nothin'" | [G]
When the | [C] first shot hit the | [C] dock I saw it | [Bm7] comin' | [C]
Raised my | [Bm7] rifle to my | [Cmaj7] eye
Never | [Bm7] stopped to wonder | [Cmaj7] why
Then | [Bm7] I saw black and my | [Cmaj7] face splashed in the | [D] sky | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Shelter me from the | [C] powder and the | [G] finger | [G]
| [C] Cover me with the | [C] thought that pulled the | [G] trigger | [G]
Just | [C] think of me as | [C] one you never | [Bm7] figured | [C] (out)
We | [Bm7] fade away so | [Cmaj7] young
| [Bm7] So much left un- | [Cmaj7] done
Re- | [Bm7] member me to my | [Cmaj7] love, I know I'll | [D] miss her | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G↓]
#Play along with original version in this key.
#The Cowboy Junkies also play in this key.
#There are some small differences to the chord progressions in between verses.
#Last Update 3/9/20 JJ
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Neil Young (1979)
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
1 2 3 & 4 &
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Look out, Ma, there's a | [C] white boat comin' up the | [G] river | [G]
With a | [C] big red beacon and a | [C] flag and a man on the | [G] rail | [G]
I think you'd | [C] better call John 'cause it | [C] don't look like they're here
to de- | [Bm7] liver... the | [C] mail
And it's | [Bm7] less than a mile a- | [Cmaj7] way
I | [Bm7] hope they didn't come to | [Cmaj7] stay
It's got | [Bm7] numbers on the side and a | [Cmaj7] gun
and it's makin' big | [D] waves | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Daddy's gone and my | [C] brother's out huntin' in the | [G] mountains | [G]
Big | [C] John's been drinkin' since the | [C] river took Emmy | [G] Lou | [G]
So the | [C] powers that be left | [C] me here to do the | [Bm7] thinkin' | [C]
And I | [Bm7] just turned twenty- | [Cmaj7] two
I was | [Bm7] wonderin' what to | [Cmaj7] do
And the | [Bm7] closer they | [Cmaj7] got
The more those feelins | [D] grew | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Daddy's rifle in my | [C] hand felt rea- | [G] ssurin' | [G]
He told me | [C] "Red means run, son, and | [C] numbers add up to | [G] nothin'" | [G]
When the | [C] first shot hit the | [C] dock I saw it | [Bm7] comin' | [C]
Raised my | [Bm7] rifle to my | [Cmaj7] eye
Never | [Bm7] stopped to wonder | [Cmaj7] why
Then | [Bm7] I saw black and my | [Cmaj7] face splashed in the | [D] sky | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] Shelter me from the | [C] powder and the | [G] finger | [G]
| [C] Cover me with the | [C] thought that pulled the | [G] trigger | [G]
Just | [C] think of me as | [C] one you never | [Bm7] figured | [C] (out)
We | [Bm7] fade away so | [Cmaj7] young
| [Bm7] So much left un- | [Cmaj7] done
Re- | [Bm7] member me to my | [Cmaj7] love, I know I'll | [D] miss her | [D]
| [G] | [C] | [G] | [G↓]
#Play along with original version in this key.
#The Cowboy Junkies also play in this key.
#There are some small differences to the chord progressions in between verses.
#Last Update 3/9/20 JJ
Visit UkeboxLessons