Powderfinger Lyrics

INTRO: G C G
VERSE:
Look out, Mama, there's a white boat coming down the river
With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail
I think you'd better call John 'cause it don't look like they're here
To deliver the mail
And it's less than a mile away I hope they didn't come to stay
It's got numbers on the side and a gun,
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And it's making big waves.
VERSE:
Daddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountains
Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy Lou
So the powers that be left me here to do all the thinking
And I just turned twenty-two I was wondering what to do
And the closer they came
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The more those feelings grew
VERSE:
Daddy's rifle in my hands felt reassuring
He told me, red means run son, numbers add up to nothing
But when that first shot hit the dock, I saw it coming
Raised the rifle to my eye. Never stopped to wonder why
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Then I saw black and my face flash in the sky
BREAK: (VERSE CHORDS)
VERSE: ( same chords) End on (G)
Shelter me from the powder and the finger
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
Just think of me as one you never figured
To fade away so young, with so much left undone
Remember me to my love. I know I'll miss her