Powderfinger - Cowboy Junkies Chords

Chords: G, C, Cmaj7, Bm, Bm7, D, Dsus

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Genre: blues, rock, alternative

[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
I think you'd better call John 'cause it don't look like they're here To

C
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]

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