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