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Neil Young

     G                                     C                                       G       C G
     Look out, Ma, there's a white boat comin' up the river
                 C                                                                     G    C G
     With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail
                           C
     I think you'd better call John
                                                                             Bm7       Cmaj7
        cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail

                                  Bm7                     Cmaj7
                     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
                                                     D  add2 add6  C add2 G  C add2 G  C G
                     And it's makin' big waves

     Daddy's gone, my brother's out huntin' in the mountains
     Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Emmy Lou
     So the powers that be left me here to do the thinkin'

                     And I just turned twenty-two
                     I was wonderin' what to do
                     The closer they got
                     The more those feelin's grew
                                     *Solo*   (verse & chorus)

     Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin'
     He told me, "Red means run son, and numbers add up to nothin"
     But when the first shot hit the dock I saw it comin'

                     Raised my rifle up to my eye
                     Never stopped to wonder why
                     Then I saw black
                     And my face splashed in the sky
                                     *Solo*   (verse & chorus)

     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

                     Would fade away so young
                     With so much left undone
                     Remember me to my love
                                       D            add2 add6  C add2 G
                     I know I'll miss her...

        Chords:
               G   C  Bm7 Cmaj7 D  D2  D6  C2
           e |-3---0---2----0---2--0---2---0--
           B |-0---1---3----0---3--3---0---3--
           G |-0---0---2----0---2--2---2---0--
           D |-0---2---4----2---0--0---0---2--
           A |-2---3---2----3---0--0---0---3--
           E |-3------------------------------

   End of verse:
          D    +2  +6 C +2 G     C  +2   G  C  G
      e |-2-2-2-0-----0----3-33--0-------3--0--3--
      B |-3-3-----3-0-1-3--0-00--1-1-3-1-0--1--0--
      G |-2-2---------0----0-00--0-------0--0--0--
      D |-0-0---------2----0-00--2-------0--2--0--
      A |-------------3----2-22--3-------2--3--2--
      E |------------------3-33----------3-----3--

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