Powderfinger (by Ozeias Moura)

6 6 6 4 6

Look out, Mama,

6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 6

there’s a white boat comin’ up the river

-5 6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 6 -6

With a big red beacon, and a flag,

-6 -6 -6 6 -5 6

and a man on the rail

4 7 7 -6 -6 -6 -6

I think you’d better call John,

4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

‘Cause it don’t look like they’re here

-7 -6 6 5 5

to deliver the mail

5 -5 6 6 6 -6 5

And it’s less than a mile away

5 6 6 6 6 6 -6 5

I hope they didn’t come to stay

5 6 6 6 6 6

It’s got numbers on the side

-6 -7 7

and a gun

7 7 -7 -6 -6 6-6 6

And it’s makin’ big waves.

Solo:

-7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 6 5

4 -3 4-3 3 -3 4-3 4-3 3 4 7

6 6 6 5

Daddy’s gone,

6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 6

my brother’s out hunting in the mountains

6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 -5 -6 -6 -6 -5 -6 6 6

Big John’s been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou

-5 6 -6 -6 -6 -6

So the powers that be

-7 7 7 7 7 -7 -6 6 6

left me here to do the thinkin’

5 -5 6 6 6 6 5 -6

And I just turned twenty-two

5 -5 6 6 6 6 -6 5

I was wonderin’ what to do

5 -5 6 6 6 6

And the closer they got,

-7 7 7 7 7 7-7-6 6 -6 6

The more those feelings grew.

Solo:

5 6 6 6 6 5 6 -6 -6 -6 5 5 5

5 6 -6 -6 -6 7 7 7 -6 6 6

-5 6 -6 -6 -6 -5 7 7 -6 -6 6 6 5 5

5 6 5 6 -6 5 5 6 6 -6 6 5 5

5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4~ 5 6 6 6 6 5

6 6 6 6 5 6 -6

Daddy’s rifle in my hand

-6 6 6 6

felt reassurin’

5 -5 6

He told me,

-6 -6 -6 -5

Red means run, son,

-6 -6 -6 -6 4 6 4

numbers add up to nothin’

-5 6 -6 -6

But when the first shot

-7 7 7 7 -7 -6 6

hit the docks I saw it comin’

-6 5 6 6 6 6 -6

Raised my rifle to my eye

-6 5 6 5 6 5 4

Never stopped to wonder why.

5 6 6 6

Then I saw black,

-6 -7 7 7 7 -7 6 -6 6

And my face splashed in the sky.

Solo: 5 6 -66 5 6 6 45 5 5

5 6 -6~ 6 5 5 5 6 -6 -6 -6

7~ (-7 -6) 7 -6 6 6

6 6 5 6 -6 5 5 5 6 6 -6 5 5

5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4~’ (4 5) (-4-5) (4 5) (4 5)

6 6 6 6 6 -6 -6

Shelter me from the powder

-6 6 6 6

and the finger

-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -5

Cover me with the thought

-6 -6 -6 6 6 4

that pulled the trigger

-5 -6 -6 -6

just Think of me

-7 7 7 -7 -6 -6 6

as one you’d never figured

5 -5 6 6 6 -4 -4 4

is gone Would fade away so young

-5 6 6 6 -4-4 4

With so much left undone

6 6 6 6 6 -7 7

Remember me to my love,

7 7-7 -6 6 -6 6

I know I’ll miss her.

Solo: (6 7) (5 6) -6 6 5 4 -4 (4 5)